Ilex aquifolium 'Handsworth New Silver'
English holly
- 7 litre pot
- £109.99
- shipped within 2 weeks
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- Standard £7.95
- Position: Full sun or partial shade
- Soil: Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: Slow
- Hardiness: Fully hardy
Spiny, mid-green leaves with creamy margins on dark purple stems and bright red berries from autumn to winter. This handsome, variegated holly copes well with pollution and salt-laden air. Dense and columnar in shape, it's an ideal, evergreen specimen tree for a small, sunny garden with fertile, moist, well-drained soil.
Plants grown as free-standing specimens require minimal pruning - remove diseased or misplaced branches in spring. Trim plants grown as formal hedges in late summer. After pruning apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted compost or manure around the base of the plant.
- CAUTION toxic if eaten/skin & eye irritant