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SILVER-MARGINED HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium Argentea Marginata)
 
 
The Silver-Marginated holly is a slow growing tree that will reach a height of  40 to 50 feet in twenty or thirty years.
It can be found in southern and western Europe, North Africa and Western Asia.
 
 
 
 
Young plants produce lovely leaves tinged with pink.
 
These change to cream on older plants.
 
It is a female variety and will produce a mass of red berries in winter.
 
 
 
 
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It can be grown in shade or sun in well drained soil