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Vertical Growth & Year-Round Evergreen Foliage
The Japanese Sky Pencil Holly shrub quite literally makes an exclamation mark in your landscape! Introduced in 1992 by the National Arboretum in Washington, DC.
The ilex Sky Pencil Japanese Holly features a narrow, columnar form, making it an ideal choice for garden design, small areas, or specimen plants. Its dark green foliage holds color year-round, and the small evergreen tree produces showy purple berries in the fall on female plants. Also produces dainty creamy white flowers in early spring.
The Japanese pencil trees grow great for use as a vertical accent plant, near entryways, or as a privacy screen or narrow hedge. You can also plant it in a large container for an elegant, formal appearance. The green pencil shrub maintains its columnar shape and growth habit without any 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 green-colored leaves. Grow this plant across the United States in the Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5-9. It is very cold hardy!
We hope you love our Sky Pencil Holly for sale. Easy to grow, easy to maintain, and free of pests and diseases… it is the package deal!
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Sunlight
Full Sun / Partial Shade
Foliage Color
Dark green
Flower Color
Greenish-white
Mature Width
2-3 ft
Mature Height
8-10 ft
Growing Zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Not True Gallon Sized
The Sky pencil hollys came in great condition but shocked to see how small and are equivalent to 2.5qt from Lowe’s which are half the price at Lowe’s. When we contacted about this issue we were told that is their Gallon size even though it’s not a true Gallon. Did some research and this is a thing buyers need to be aware of whether the size is true or not. We wanted a true gallon size we are extremely unsatisfied and will not buy again
Customer service
Great, Delivery was on time. Customer service was outstanding. They seem to help out anyway they can.
Beautiful drift roses
I was super amazed and pleased to see the beautiful, blooming drift roses when I opened the boxes. One box must have been thrown in shipping as one pot was higher and partially on top of the other. The one on the bottom had a broken limb. Otherwise, the plants are absolutely beautiful and lush. They will be planted this weekend. I will order from you again!
This is the place!
If you want healthy, beautiful plants sent to you Perfect Plants is the place. They take great care to carefully wrap them and place them in a box to ensure quality. Thanks you guys
Perfect Plants Nursery
Hi Jeannie, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review on our Sky Pencil Holly! We appreciate the feed back and your honesty. We're so glad that you were completely satisfied with the plant and its packaging. Happy planting, Shirley
Holly pencil
All the plants died after a few week’s disappointing
Perfect Plants Nursery
Hi Anonymous, Thank you for purchasing your Sky Pencils with us here at Perfect Plants Nursery. We're sorry to hear about the experience you had with them. All of our plants do come with a 1-month warranty (with the possibility to extend that warranty to a year) so any customer has the potential to contact us and we'll gladly take care of them. Best, Shirley