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Patti O Box® Japanese Holly Ilex crenata

Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Winter
Mature Size
4' 2' 1.2m 61cm
Height: 3' - 4'
Spread: 12" - 2'
Height: 91cm - 1.2m
Spread: 30cm - 61cm
  • Details

    36 - 48 Inches
    12 - 36 Inches
    12 - 24 Inches
    91cm - 1.2m
    30cm - 91cm
    30cm - 61cm

    Features

    Small, refined columnar evergreen.

    Smaller than its sister Sky Pointer®, Patti O Box® has smaller, darker leaves and glossier foliage. Much darker than typical I. crenata, this petite evergreen is perfectly scaled for smaller gardens and patios, and is perfect for flanking formal entryways.

    Top reasons to grow Patti O Box Japanese holly:

    - Perfectly scaled for formal front porch landscaping

    - Easy to grow in containers (zone 6 and warmer)

    - Shade tolerant evergreen

    Formerly sold as Patti O®.

    Foliage Interest
    Fall Interest
    Winter Interest
    Salt Tolerant
    Resists: 
    Deer
    Small or Miniature

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Evergreen
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    36 - 48 Inches 91cm - 1.2m
    Spacing: 
    12 - 36 Inches 30cm - 91cm
    Spread: 
    12 - 24 Inches 30cm - 61cm
    Flower Colors: 
    White
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    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
    Bloom Time: 
    Grown for Foliage
    Hardiness Zones: 
    6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil PH Category: 
    Acidic Soil
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Specimen or Focal Point
    Uses Notes: 

    Landscape, containers

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Prefers moist, acidic soils with good drainage. Fertilize with a controlled release fertilizer in spring. Pruning is seldom needed, but may be trimmed in summer.

    Patti O Box® Ilex crenata 'FARROWSK6' USPP 25,852
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    • I yearned for classic evergreen shrubs that would greet me at my front door each day. These Japanese Holly were very small when I planted one in each tall urn on either side of my front door three summers ago. Doing a little more research I learned that they grow rather slowly . I regretted not choosing a couple of Green Mountain boxwoods, but I became determined to stick with them. They stretched up six more inches by the end of the second summer. This summer I have watched them spread outward and grow several more inches. With no more than fertilizing each of them in the spring and keeping them evenly moist they have lived happily and healthy in their very respectful urns. They ask for no more than that. I plant two smaller containers of annuals every summer and place them in front of each urn. The Japanese Holly are a lovely foil. But it's in the winter that I appreciate them most, with their abundant tiny shiny green leaves and tiny black berries. When winter has wrapped itself around the deciduous branches of trees and shrubs in the garden and tucked the perennials back under the mulched and pineneedle-covered ground, these hollies are a joy to see. I'm glad I gave them the time needed to become established and have enjoyed watching them stretch out each summer.

      Cathy
      , Maryland
      , United States
      , 5 years ago
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