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Plant: Compacta - Holly
Holly · Ilex crenata 'Compacta'
Size: 1 gal
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More about this plant
Compacta is a compact globose Japanese holly forming a dense spreading mound 6 to 8 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide, clothed in small glossy dark green obovate leaves with crenate teeth. Fragrant quarter inch greenish white flowers open in spring; this is a male clone, so it bears no berries. It grows at a medium rate in full sun to partial shade on well drained acid to neutral soil and tolerates deer and urban conditions. Use it for foundation plantings, clipped hedges, borders and formal mass plantings.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 10 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-8
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Compacta is a compact globose Japanese holly forming a dense spreading mound 6 to 8 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide, clothed in small glossy dark green obovate leaves with crenate teeth. Fragrant quarter inch greenish white flowers open in spring; this is a male clone, so it bears no berries. It grows at a medium rate in full sun to partial shade on well drained acid to neutral soil and tolerates deer and urban conditions. Use it for foundation plantings, clipped hedges, borders and formal mass plantings.
- Flowers
- Small quarter inch dull greenish white fragrant flowers appear in spring.
- Foliage
- Alternate, simple, flat obovate leaves under an inch long with crenate to serrulate teeth.
- Fruit
- This cultivar is male and does not bear fruit.
- Bark & stems
- Stems are purple during new growth and turn grayish or brownish as they mature; bark is smooth gray brown to slightly greenish.
- Pruning
- Tolerates pruning well, so it suits hedges and topiary.
- Native range
- East Nepal to Temperate East Asia, Japan and Korea
