Sky Pencil Holly

Sky Pencil Holly Shrubs Make a Literal Exclamation Point! Vertical Growth & Year-Round Evergreen Foliage The ilex Sky Pencil Japanese Holly features a narrow, columnar form, making it ideal choice for garden design, small areas, or specimen plants. Once established, it is easy to grow, drought-tolerant, and pest—and disease-resistant. Sky Pencil Hollies feature dark green foliage year-round, and this small evergreen produces dainty creamy white flowers in early spring. Introduced in 1992 by the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., Japanese pencil trees are great as vertical accent plants near entryways, privacy screens, or narrow hedges. For an elegant, formal appearance, you can also plant them in a large container. The green pencil shrub maintains its columnar shape and growth habit without pruning. Sky Pencils Are Cold Hardy Evergreen Shrubs! This Japanese holly ilex crenata sky pencil, as it is named botanically, will grow best in full sun to partial shade needed to keep the