Description
Looking to enhance your garden with a touch of elegance and versatility? Meet the exquisite Japanese Holly – Soft Touch (Botanical Name: Ilex Crenata Soft Touch). This stunning evergreen shrub is valued for its lustrous black berries and attractive small foliage, featuring a deep green color with a striking silver midvein. With a rounded, compact growth habit, Soft Touch Japanese Holly is the perfect addition to smaller landscapes, adding beauty and charm to any garden.
Soft Touch Japanese Holly is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit, boasting an abundance of magnificent black berries in mid-fall. Its dark green foliage with pointy silver spines adds visual interest throughout the year, remaining lush and vibrant even in the winter months. Plus, its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants, creating a captivating focal point in your garden.
This dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub is relatively low maintenance, requiring minimal pruning, especially in late winter. It's an excellent choice for attracting birds and bees to your yard, contributing to a thriving ecosystem. Soft Touch Japanese Holly is recommended for various landscape applications, including mass planting, hedges/screening, general garden use, and naturalizing woodland gardens.
At maturity, Soft Touch Japanese Holly reaches about 3 feet tall and 3 feet wide, with a low canopy and a medium growth rate. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers moist to wet soil conditions. With a strong preference for rich, acidic soils, this shrub will flourish when provided with the right environment. Additionally, it's important to protect Soft Touch Japanese Holly from urban pollution, making it ideal for sheltered locations away from busy streets.
Add a touch of sophistication to your outdoor space with Soft Touch Japanese Holly. With its striking appearance and versatile nature, this shrub is sure to elevate your garden to new heights, providing years of beauty and enjoyment for you and your family.
Each plant comes in a #7 (7 gallon) growers container. The image shown represents an example of what you may receive. Please note that the height, shape, and fullness of each plant may vary due to natural growth patterns. Rest assured, we will select the healthiest and most vibrant plant for you.
Plant Specs:
Botanical Name: Ilex Crenata Soft Touch
Light: full sun – part shade
Watering: regular watering
Soil: moist, acidic, well draining soil
Zone: 5 – 9
Plant Shape: globe
Plant Type: evergreen shrub
Mature Size: height (3'), width (3')
Blooming Season: spring
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