Holly 'Hascombensis'

Holly 'Hascombensis'
Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pet safety

Harmful to pets if eaten (fruit/berries).

Through the year

In flower: May

Key care steps

  1. Look over the whole crown for dead, dying or damaged branches.
  2. Remove any branches that cross or rub against each other, taking the weaker one.
  3. Cut back to healthy wood or the branch collar — never leave a stub.

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A neat, narrow-growing evergreen shrub with deep purple stems and spiny, dark green glossy leaves. It produces clusters of white flowers in late spring and serves as a good pollinator for female plants.

Sun: Full sun to partial shade.

Soil: Loam, Sand, Clay, Chalk.

Hardiness: H6 — down to −20°C.

Flowering: May.