Possumhaw
Ilex decidua
Possumhaw is a deciduous holly grown for its spectacular winter display of scarlet berries clustered along bare gray branches, stripped slowly by birds. Adaptable to wet or dry soils in sun.
- Family
- Aquifoliaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 12–20 ft
- Spacing
- 8–15 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~39 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA