Belonging to the family Cyrillaceae
but the old name still travels with the pink-flowered marsh plants of the Northeast
opening a spring blaze of bright orange
so site where seedlings are easy to manage
often past the first frost
Ilex x koehneana (Ilex latifolia x I. aquifolium) ‘Hohman’ prophouse Belonging to the family CyrillaceaeIlex x koehneana, the Koehne or chestnut leaf holly, is a bold hybrid between the Asian lusterleaf holly, Ilex latifolia, and the European holly, Ilex aquifolium, combining the big glossy leaf of one parent with the classic red berries and spined margins of the other. 'Hohman' is one of the finest of the group for the South: a large, dense, pyramidal evergreen carrying handsome dark green, serrated leaves and heavy crops of bright red fruit, building