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Castle Spire® Blue Holly Ilex x meserveae

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Winter
Mature Size
10' 4' 3.0m 1.2m
Height: 6' - 10'
Spread: 3' - 4'
Height: 1.8m - 3.0m
Spread: 91cm - 1.2m
  • Details

    72 - 120 Inches
    48 - 60 Inches
    36 - 48 Inches
    1.8m - 3.0m
    1.2m - 1.5m
    91cm - 1.2m

    Features

    Very attractive color and form.

    Castle Spire is a regal accent for your landscape! Dark glossy leaves, superior vigor and branching make it a superior choice over other varieties. Narrow habit makes it ideal for hedges, foundation plantings, or even as a dramatic specimen. Lustrous evergreen foliage provides year-round interest. Castle Spire® will produce bright red berries if planted near a male pollinator like Castle Wall® blue holly. Fruit is not edible.

    Produces Berries
    Fall Interest
    Winter Interest
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Attracts: 
    Birds

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Evergreen
    Height Category: 
    Tall
    Garden Height: 
    72 - 120 Inches 1.8m - 3.0m
    Spacing: 
    48 - 60 Inches 1.2m - 1.5m
    Spread: 
    36 - 48 Inches 91cm - 1.2m
    Flower Colors: 
    White
    Flower Shade: 
    White
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Dark Green
    Habit: 
    Upright
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Part Sun to Sun
    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    Old Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Early Spring
    Bloom Time: 
    Mid Spring
    Bloom Time: 
    Late Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Cut Flower
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Specimen or Focal Point
    Uses Notes: 

    Great as a foundation plant, specimen or hedge, can be used as a replacement for pyramidal yews. Good in groupings and mass plantings, perennial and shrub borders, can be used as a screen or hedge. An outstanding plant for the winter landscape.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Castle Spire® holly is a female variety; a male variety, like Castle Wall®, must be planted nearby in order for fruit to form. One male will pollinate up to 5 females. Plant within 50'/15.25m of each other to ensure pollination.

    It's best to avoid pruning female hollies, as cutting them back at any time of the year will result in diminished flowers and subsequent fruit. Light trimming or removal of dead wood can be done in early spring. 

    Holly prefers acidic soils with average moisture and appreciates a good layer of mulch. If desired, apply a granular fertilizer formulated for trees and shrubs in early spring.

     

    Castle Spire® Ilex x meserveae 'Hachfee' USPP 14,310
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    • I have TRIED to grow this plant. The plant survives but the winterkill of the leaves has been terrible.

      Sharon Michalak
      , New York
      , United States
      , 8 years ago
    • I have had this plant growing on a northern exposure in front of a covered porch here in southern zone 5A. It went through a very cold winter with no noticible damage and is getting ready to grow beautifully.

      Seth Henry
      , Illinois
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
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