Peace Time: A New Yellow-fruit Holly Cultivar

The genus Ilex (Aquifoliaceae) consists of more than 500 dioecious tree and shrub species that distributed throughout the temperate and tropical regions (Dirr, 2010; Galle, 1997). Hollies are popular as landscape plants because of their ornamental attributes of various fruit colors (white, yellow, orange, red, black), leaf texture, color and variegation, habit, and their wide adaptation to environmental conditions (Bailes, 2006; Hume, 1953). The bright red color of holly fruits practically defines the plant in the minds of many gardeners. There are ≈2000 known Ilex cultivars with more