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Sky Box® Japanese Holly

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Sky Box Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata 'Farrowone') at A Very Successful Garden Center

Sky Box® Japanese Holly

Sky Box® Japanese Holly

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Sky Box Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata 'Farrowone') at A Very Successful Garden Center

Sky Box® Japanese Holly foliage

Sky Box® Japanese Holly foliage

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Height:  6 feet

Spread:  30 inches

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  6a

Other Names:  Boxleaf Holly

Brand:  Proven Winners

Description:

A distinctive vertical evergreen shrub with an upright and narrow habit of growth, superb choice for small-scale articulation in the garden, adds a level of dynamic interest; small leaves further add aesthetic value

Ornamental Features

Sky Box® Japanese Holly is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its rigidly columnar form. It has dark green evergreen foliage. The small glossy oval leaves remain dark green throughout the winter. It produces black berries from mid fall to late winter.

Landscape Attributes

Sky Box® Japanese Holly is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

  • Insects
  • Disease

Sky Box® Japanese Holly is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Accent
  • Vertical Accent
  • Hedges/Screening
  • General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Sky Box® Japanese Holly will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 30 inches. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more. This is a dioecious species, meaning that individual plants are either male or female. Only the females will produce fruit, and a male variety of the same species is required nearby as a pollinator.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is very fussy about its soil conditions and must have rich, acidic soils to ensure success, and is subject to chlorosis (yellowing) of the foliage in alkaline soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight Soil pH Preference
Characteristics
Accent  Articulation  Screening  Garden 
Applications
Fruit  Plant Form  Winter Value  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features