How fast does Sky Pencil Holly grow?

This evergreen shrub is a slow to moderate grower. The Japanese Sky Pencil holly growth rate is up to 6-12 inches per year.

How do you prune a Sky Pencil Hollies?

Pruning techniques include keeping the sky pencil tree to desired size and shape. You can prune the tree narrower if preferred. The pencil shrub maintains its columnar shape and growth habit without any pruning.

How tall does a Sky Pencil Holly get?

It can reach a mature height of 8-10 feet tall at maturity.

Is Sky Pencil Holly deer resistant?

The Sky Pencil Holly is deer resistant along with being pest and drought resistant.

Do sky pencil holly have invasive roots?

A rule of thumb is to remember that roots will usually grow as wide as the canopy width of the plant. Sky Pencils don't grow very wide, so their root systems are more extended than they are wide and are not invasive.

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Sky Pencil Holly Shrubs Make a Literal Exclamation Point!

Vertical Growth & Year-Round Evergreen Foliage

The ilex Sky Pencil Japanese Holly features a narrow, columnar form, making it ideal choice for garden design, small areas, or specimen plants. Once established, it is easy to grow, drought-tolerant, and pest—and disease-resistant.

Sky Pencil Hollies feature dark green foliage year-round, and this small evergreen produces dainty creamy white flowers in early spring.

Introduced in 1992 by the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., Japanese pencil trees are great as vertical accent plants near entryways, privacy screens, or narrow hedges. For an elegant, formal appearance, you can also plant them in a large container. The green pencil shrub maintains its columnar shape and growth habit without 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!

Why buy from Perfect Plants Nursery online?

When you shop for landscape trees and shrubs online make sure you are buying from an actual grower. We have been a family run farm since 1980.

As experts in growing premium evergreen shrubs, including Sky Pencil Hollies, we deliver healthy, high-quality plants directly to your door, ensuring they arrive ready to thrive.

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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