'Chief Paduke' is a very drought tolerant and an exceptionally beautiful cultivar. A large tree is growing at Tanglewood Arboretum or the...Read More more recently named J. Nicholene Bishop Biological Station, near Akron, Alabama. Other Ilex opaca cultivars growing there were planted by the late George Wood in the 1980's. The more recent native Ilex cultivars were planted in 2008 by Parker L. Little. 'Chief Paduke' is also growing at an old Ilex garden just west of Christiansburg, Virginia and also at Piping Tree Gardens & Nursery near Scotchtown, Beaverdam, Virginia.
It propagates very easily from hardwood cuttings taken in early autumn.
Ilex opaca 'Chief Paduke
The plant was found growing in a old cemetery at Paducah, Kentucky by Bon Hartline.
'Chief Paduke' is a very drought tolerant and an exceptionally beautiful cultivar. A large tree is growing at Tanglewood Arboretum or the...Read More
In spite of its name, Chief Paduke is a female tree. Beautiful, dense pyramidal form and plentiful red berries in late fall / early winter