Soft Touch Holly (2.5 Gallon) Finely Textured Compact Evergreen Shrub - Full Sun Live Outdoor Plant - Ilex crenata

Soft Touch Holly is a dense, yet soft shrub with glossy green foliage and a round growth habit. Along with the very similar boxwood shrubs they are often used to maintain green spaces in home gardens and landscapes throughout the world. Dwarf shrubs such as the Soft Touch Holly reach 2-3' H x 3-4' W once mature and are fast growers! Plant these dwarf holly bushes in a spot that receives full sun to partial shade in USDA zones 6a-8b. They tend to prefer slightly acidic soil that is well-draining. Once you have planted your hollies be sure to water deeply numerous times a week until it has matured. Once mature these plants are drought tolerant and will not need water as much except during extremely hot periods. This evergreen shrub looks attractive in any landscape as woodland borders, mass plantings, or seamlessly planted as landscape hedges. Holly shrubs ship as a 2.5-gallon potted plant with soil from the Alabama Gulf Coast. Not guaranteed to be in bloom on arrival. This plant is unavailable to ship to Hawaii and Alaska.

• EVERGREEN: Soft Touch Holly is dense, yet soft shrub with glossy green foliage and a round growth habit. Along with the very similar boxwood shrubs they are often used to maintain green areas in home gardens and landscapes throughout the world. Soft Touch Holly is fast growing shrub and reaches 2-3' H x 3-4' W once mature.
• ATTRACTS BIRDS: Soft Touch Holly is fast growing shrub and reaches 2-3' H x 3-4' W once mature! In the spring small, very white flowers will bloom and once the cooler weather arrives it will bear glossy blackberry-like fruits. Birds and butterflies are attracted to both the berries the dense foliage of this dwarf holly shrub.
• PRUNING: Soft Touch Hollies tolerate pruning well if you want to keep them a certain size or shape. Heavy pruning is best reserved for late winter or early spring. You can certainly let your Soft Touch Holly grow naturally with no pruning as well.
• USDA ZONES: Soft Touch Holly is hardy in USDA Zones 6a-8b. For a healthy holly you are going to want to place where it can receive full sunlight, but it will also do well in a location where it receives partial shade at certain times of the day. For the first few months be sure to water several times a week and once it takes root you can begin to water less.
• POTTED PLANT: Holly shrubs ship as a 2.5 gallon potted plant with soil from the Alabama Gulf Coast. Not guaranteed to be in bloom on arrival. This plant is unavailable to ship to Hawaii and Alaska.