Accession Data

Itea ilicifolia

Common Name: Hollyleaf Sweetspire

Family: Iteaceae

Description: Foot long, fragrant racemes of tiny, greenish white flowers drip down in summer from this graceful, 10 ft, evergreen shrub with its soft, holly-like leaves. 2

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 7a-10b

Accession #: 201400196

Accession Date: 2014-10-02 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2308

Quantity: 2

Source: Cistus Nursery

Culture: For shade or part sun with protection from the afternoon sun in hottest places. Prefers rich soil and regular summer water. Frost hardy to 5F, mid USDA zone 7.2

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Saxifragales

Family: Iteaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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2024
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2021
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2019
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2015

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 17 September 2014.
  2. Cistus Nursery online catalog. Accessed 6 October 2014.

Images

Itea ilicifolia