Blue Maid Meserve Holly

Ilex x meserveae 'Mesid'


$66.00

Without a doubt one of the hardiest of the traditional evergreen hollies, this is a pyramidal mounded shrub with spiny blue-green foliage and showy red berries in winter; requires a male pollinator, often paired with Blue Stallion

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Features and Growing Tips

Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.

Landscape Qualities

Blue Maid Meserve Holly is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a distinctive and refined pyramidal form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Planting and Growing

and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, Blue Maid Meserve Holly will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front

acidic soils to ensure success, but will die in standing water. It is very fussy about its soil conditions and must have rich, dry locations that receive direct afternoon sun or which get reflected sunlight, such as against the south side of a white wall. It requires an evenly moist well-drained soil for optimal growth, This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. You may want to keep it away from hot

Plant Facts

Prefers full sun to partial shade

Keep moisture level moist

Mature Size 15'Hx12'W

Attracts birds

Zone 5a

Likes well drained soil