Sky Pencil Japanese Holly Plant

Masao yokoi in kawaguchi japan by longwood gardens curator rick darke and chief horticulturalist sylvester march.

Sky pencil japanese holly plant. Plant a japanese sky pencil holly on each side of your front door. It is a good landscaping option for corners and tight spaces. Works well for tight spaces. With pruning you can maintain them at a height of 6 feet 1 8 m and a width of just 12 inches 30 cm.

They produce small greenish flowers and female plants produce tiny black berries but neither is particularly ornamental. Sky pencil hollies are narrow columnar shrubs that grow up to 8 feet 2 4 m tall and 2 feet 6 m wide. Fast growing and low maintenance no wonder the sky pencil is so popular. A very distinctive holly ilex crenata sky pencil is a slow growing narrow strongly columnar evergreen japanese holly with a shiny foliage of convex dark green leaves which holds all year.

Or how about on each side of a window. It is a narrow column like japanese holly which is valued for its small tightly packed leaves. Sky pencil is a cultivar found in 1985 in the garden of dr. Sky pencil holly ilex crenata is grouped botanically with the broadleaf evergreen shrubs.

This evergreen is great for accenting areas of your home with some height. Ilex crenata is native to japan china korea and taiwan. Sky pencil japanese holly ilex crenata sky pencil is a low maintenance evergreen shrub with a narrow columnar form. It was introduced by the u s.

National arboretum in washington d c. Uses for this versatile shrub includes container plantings privacy screen or accent plant. Can be pruned to emphasize its columnar form for a more formal look.