Ilex aquifolium ‘Silver Queen’ Ilex Back To List Ilex Description: 'Silver Queen' is a dense, small, evergreen tree or shrub with purple young shoots, bearing distinctive silver margins on its spiny and glossy green leaves. Despite the name this is a male variety so does not produce fruit. Makes an attractive, slow-growing spiky hedge that clips very well and is an ideal evergreen to include in mixed hedges. History: Introduced in 1863. Received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Ilex Growing Tips: Thrive in almost any well drained soil, in shade or sun. Most are tolerant of urban pollution and coastal conditions. Height and Spread (after 10 years): 3m x 2m Attributes Tree shape: Conical Drought tolerant Evergreen: Evergreen Leaf colour: Green/ SilverS Size: Small Prefers acid soil Can be hard pruned Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydCo. AntrimCo. DownCo. WestmeathConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDublinDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Ilex aquifolium Ilex Versatile, evergreen and hardy. A multi-purpose trees for screens, hedges and as a specimen. Full Details Ilex aquifolium ‘J.C. van Tol’ Ilex Dark green shining are almost spineless with red berries. A reliable self fertile fruiting female form. Full Details Ilex aquifolium ‘Aurea Marginata’ Ilex Evergreen, small bushy tree with shiny leaves margined with yellow. Height after 10yrs up to 4m Full Details Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Golden King’ Ilex Richly variegated golden-yellow leaves are almost spineless. Female. Height after 10 years up to 4m. Full Details
Ilex aquifolium Ilex Versatile, evergreen and hardy. A multi-purpose trees for screens, hedges and as a specimen. Full Details
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Ilex aquifolium ‘Aurea Marginata’ Ilex Evergreen, small bushy tree with shiny leaves margined with yellow. Height after 10yrs up to 4m Full Details
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