Botanical Name: Common Names:
Ilex crenata Fastigiata Upright Japanese Holly, Upright Box Leaf Holly,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Dense, Upright, Upright Narrow
Description:
Medium upright evergreen shrub with dense, glossy dark-green foliage. Perfect to use for a formal hedge. Grows approx. 2.5m tall x 70cm wide.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
2-4m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Topiary / Espalier, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Leaf Miner, Mites, Powdery Mildew, Scale
Cultural Notes: Best grown in a full sun to part-shade position in a well-drained soil. Feed in Spring with a general purpose fertiliser. Prune in Winter to keep looking neat and bushy. Water well until established. Mulch well.
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Aquifoliaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Insignificant
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: N/A
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Slow
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: High
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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