Grid reference | ST 17749 76742 |
Common name | Highclere holly |
Origin | Garden origin |
Deciduous | No |
Status | GB Champion 2023 |
Tag | 2019 |
Height | 16M December 2015 |
Girth | 170cm December 2015 |
Girth | 175cm April 2023 |
Reference | 381 |
This tree is in Old Man's Wood esst, north west of the Blackfriars site. (Immediately south of it is another of the same type which has multiple stems.)
General tree description
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Nigrescens', Highclere holly, is a cross between I. aquifolium and I. perado. It grows to around 10 metres tall and has broad glossy leaves with no spines or with a small number of sharp teeth. As a male holly it produces no fruits.