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Soft Touch Holly Shrubs for Sale

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Soft Touch Holly Offers Year-Round Texture Without the Prickles

Add Low-Maintenance Greenery with the Soft Touch Holly Shrub

The Soft Touch Holly is a compact evergreen shrub prized for its soft, spineless foliage, mounded shape, and year-round structure. Ideal for borders, hedges, or foundation planting, this low-maintenance shrub adds gentle texture to any space.

The Soft Touch compact Holly bush features a unique low, dome-shaped form, flexible branches, and soft-to-the-touch, dark green leaves. The glossy green foliage of the soft holly bush is in a dense mounded form and small shape.

The plant has white flowers that turn into ornamental black berries that line the green shrub during the fall for great winter season interest.

This variety of holly is great for a low foundation plant, soft textured evergreen shrub hedges, or planted in borders as an accent. Soft Touch dwarf Japanese holly is best as a mass-planting shrub.

Soft Touch Holly Care Guide

The best time to plant is in the spring or early fall growing season. It is drought-tolerant and adapts to a variety of soil conditions. The Ilex Soft Touch Japanese Holly is extremely low maintenance and makes a nice alternative to the Helleri Holly.

Easy to maintain the desired size and shape, this ilex crenata soft touch compact holly does not need much pruning. Grows to about 2-3 feet tall and wide and has a slow growth rate.

You will need to protect this Japanese holly shrub from cold temperature extremes by planting it in full sun or part-shaded areas and away from drying winter winds. Mulching around the root area is recommended to moderate temperature fluctuations.

Does best in USDA growing zones 5-9. Prefers slightly acidic soil and the addition of slow-release all-purpose fertilizer before the new growth of green color. It is intolerant to alkaline soils as it will cause the leaves to yellow. If you are in hot dry weather be sure to keep moist, well-drained soils.

Why Order Online from Perfect Plants?

Since 1980, Perfect Plants has delivered nursery-grown plants straight from our Florida family farm. With expert care, full-day sun, and top-notch packing, your Soft Touch Holly arrives thriving, ready to plant and grow beautifully in your landscape.

Shop the Soft Touch Japanese Holly for sale. It is easy to grow and pleasing to the eye! Planting instructions will be included.