Holly Ilex X Meserveae ‘Blue Maid’ Standard

The deep-evergreen, classic holly leaves have a slight blush tinge, and the rich red berries are superb at brightening up your winter garden. This new variety is a female (berry producing) form and is a very prolific berry producer*, so it will bud up and produce masses of rich, red berries in future years. Delivered as an established tree in a standard from approx. 100cm tall, ready to pot on or plant out.

*This female plant will carry berries in autumn and early winter months. However, trees may arrive with artificial berries.

Top Tips

Hollies need almost no maintenance if you keep them well-watered for the first couple of years to enable them to establish.

Care Guide

• They are more or less trouble-free, with moderately fast growth.
• The more light that your holly receives, the more leaves it will produce, so plant it where it will get maximum light.
• To produce berries, it is worth investing in a separate, Male holly tree.