Helleri Japanese Holly
Ilex crenata ‘Helleri’
A tidy, low-growing evergreen, Helleri Japanese Holly is prized for its dense, mounded habit and fine-textured foliage. Its small, glossy green leaves resemble boxwood, making it an excellent choice for formal borders, foundation plantings, and low hedges. Although this cultivar is a female clone, flowers and fruits are modestly and infrequently produced. Naturally compact and slow-growing, this easy-care shrub maintains its neat shape with minimal pruning and provides year-round structure in the landscape.
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USDA Hardiness Zones: 5–9
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Sunlight: Full sun to part shade
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Water Requirements: Moderate; prefers well-drained soil
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Growth Rate: Slow
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Mature Size: 2–4 ft tall × 3-5 ft wide
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Maintenance: Low; light shaping if needed
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Landscape Uses: Low hedges, borders, foundation plantings, mass plantings
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Deer Resistance: Moderate
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The Plant Firm was created during the lockdown of 2020 as a fun project to give me something to do. It quickly became a much larger endeavor and one that I knew needed more attention to be done right. I was tired of paying an arm and a leg for plants at the big box store and saw an opportunity to save people time and money while also delivering straight to their door. So, here we are in 2023. Officially up and running with an amazing team, more plants, and a desire to provide you with better plants at better prices!
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