 Size: 10-15 feet with a slow growth rate Habit: Rounded
or mounding
Leaves: 1-2.5" long lustrous dark green almost blue green with spiny margins.
Culture: Well drained acid soil and partial sun or shade.
Utilization:
Foundation planting, massing and border plants.
Propagation:
Stem cuttings in late spring. More info on propagation.
Disease
and Insects: Scale and spider mites.
Climate
Range: Zone 4-8 See Map.
Cultivars:
- 'China Boy' - Compact mounded form, dark green foliage.
- 'China Girl' - Excellent fruit production, dark green foliage.
- Blue Stallion' - Male form with purplish stems and no spines on margins. good
polluinater.
- 'Blue Maid' - Fast growing
- 'Blue Prince' - Dark foliage. Most hardy of the meserve hollies.
- 'Blue Princess' - Dense dark foliage with abundant fruit.
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