China Girl Holly Shrub

Its growth habit is a dense upright and rounded form. Partners well with china boy as a pollenizer to assure berry set.

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China girl holly shrub

China girl and boy have excellent reputations as reliable performers. This mounding evergreen holly boasts a profusion of bright red berries each fall backed by lustrous green foliage. China girl holly is a meserve hybrid holly with lustrous green foliage year round and an abundance of red holly berries through winter.

Berri magic china holly combination. Genus name comes from the latin name quercus ilex for holm oak in reference to the foliage similarities holm oak and many of the shrubs in the genus ilex have evergreen leaves. Makes an excellent border windbreak or hedge and can be trimmed and maintained at a variety of sizes or shapes.

China boy is a must have companion in order for china girl to set berries. The holly china girl ilex x meserveae mesog is a quick growing female selection that has one of the best berry sets of any holly. Need regular watering and likes acidic fertilizer.

China girl is an upright rounded dense evergreen shrub which matures over many years to 7 10 tall by 5 8 wide. Often seen growing much shorter however. The dense branching habit takes well to formal pruning.

The ornamental berries are a valuable food source for overwintering birds. Gardenality is a gardening centric site made by gardeners for gardeners with tools that enhance any gardening for the expert to the weekend gardener. Perform best in protected site with light shade east or north side of building or structure typically grow to 3 4 feet high and 3 4 feet wide in indiana.

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