25+ Pencil Holly Shrub

Unique and with a style all its own sky pencil holly ilex crenata sky pencil is a versatile plant with dozens of uses in the landscape. It is a cultivated variety of japanese holly and is classified as a broadleaf evergreen shrub and is part of the boxwood evergreens family.

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Pencil holly shrub

It is a narrow column like japanese holly which is valued for its small tightly packed leaves. This type of broadleaf evergreen shrub is susceptible to certain diseases. The first thing you ll notice is its narrow columnar shape.

Sky pencil is an excellent choice of shrub because it grows really tall rather than spreads wide. Sky pencil holly ilex crenata is grouped botanically with the broadleaf evergreen shrubs. It is a narrow column like japanese holly which is valued for its small tightly packed leaves.

Ilex crenata is native to japan china korea and taiwan. Although grows from 4 to 10 feet high it can easily turn brown and potentially die if the infestation is great. Sky pencil is a cultivar found in 1985 in the garden of dr.

It was introduced by the u s. The holly sky pencil is a narrow columnar shrub that produces small greenish evergreen leaves. Like most plants there are definitely sky pencil holly problems.

National arboretum in 1985. If left to grow naturally it grows no more than 2 feet wide and you can prune it to just a foot in width. We include planting instruction along with a care tag to ensure planting your holly sky pencil is everything you expected and more.

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