Blue Maid Holly Foundation Hedge Shrub

When pollinated by its male counterpart blue prince it produces the bright red berries that we come to associate with holly shrubs in landscape use. The fruits are edible by the wildlife.

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Blue maid holly foundation hedge shrub

Narrow columnar shrubs select a plant variety below to get all the details and prices we offer a large selection of shrubs that are perfect for use as narrow hedges or to fill those small spaces in home foundation plants and elsewhere in the landscape. This native viburnum can be used in the shrub border or as a hedge. Bright red berries look gorgeous under snowfall.

As the tallest shrub in the foundation planting it raises the viewer s eye level above the middle row of shrubs. A dwarf alberta spruce is in the back row. Growing blue maid holly bushes.

Blue maid holly ilex x meserveae blue maid is an evergreen shrub that makes an excellent medium sized evergreen hedge. Blue maid holly has a naturally dense and bushy growth pattern and needs no trimming to be neat with an informal upright shape. Blue maid has red fruit and golden girl has yellow fruit.

Plant as a single specimen or line it up for a reliably dense hedge. For foundation planting next to your house blue holly hybrids ilex x meserveae are easily pruned and are hardy in zones 5 to 8. It can also be clipped into a dense hedge or trimmed into more formal rounded or conical shapes.

An exceptionally hardy vigorous broadleaf evergreen with snag free purple green holly foliage that is well suited for use along walkways or border plantings. In this example the foundation planting includes three layers of shrubs. It is one of the viburnums to use in a woodland garden.

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