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Ilex meserveae Blue Angel / 2L
Ilex meserveae 'Blue Angel'
Confirmed format: 2 litre pot
Plant Highlights
- Compact evergreen shrub with an upright and bushy habit
- Striking blue-green foliage and purplish stems
- Provides year-round structure and winter interest
- Suitable for hedging, screening and containers
- Easy care and fully hardy
Overview
Ilex meserveae 'Blue Angel' is a compact, slow-growing evergreen shrub valued for its attractive blue-green foliage and distinctive purplish stems. As a female variety, it bears small white flowers in late spring followed by red berries when planted near a compatible male pollinator. With its neat, upright and bushy habit, it makes an exceptional choice for hedges, architectural borders, privacy screening, and patio containers, bringing reliable year-round structure and winter interest to the garden.
Why We Love It
- Striking blue-green evergreen foliage offers wonderful year-round colour.
- Distinctive purplish stems add extra visual interest.
- Compact and slow-growing habit fits effortlessly into smaller spaces and containers.
- Excellent for hedging, screening and creating privacy.
- Reliable winter interest and easy care maintenance.
Plant Details
| Botanical Name | Ilex meserveae 'Blue Angel' |
|---|---|
| Common Name | Holly |
| Plant Type | Shrub |
| Foliage Persistence | Evergreen |
| Foliage Colours | Blue, green, and multicolour |
| Flower Colour | White |
| Flowering Season | May and June |
| Growth Habit | Upright and bushy |
| Growth Rate | Slow |
| Mature Height | 150 cm |
| Mature Spread | 120 cm |
| Hardiness | RHS H7 |
Growing Guide
| Position | Full sun, sun and part shade, or partial shade in sheltered, exposed, urban or pollution-tolerant locations. |
|---|---|
| Soil | Adaptable to clay, loam, sand, and chalk soils with an acid to neutral or any pH level. |
| Drainage | Thrives in well-drained or moisture-retentive drainage. |
| Watering | Moderate water need, keeping soil average to moist. |
| Pruning | Prune in March, April, July or August as needed to maintain shape. |
Perfect For
- Garden borders
- Patio containers
- Low and tall hedges
- Screening and privacy
- Specimen planting
- Cottage, formal and coastal gardens
- Wildlife gardens
- Small gardens and courtyards
Good to Know
- All parts of the plant are toxic if ingested, features thorn hazards, and requires child caution.
- Toxic to cats, dogs and horses.
- Provides support for pollinators, bird food and bird shelter.
- Tolerant of wind, coastal conditions and urban pollution.
- Produces attractive cut foliage suitable for arrangements.
Product Information
| Supplied Format | 2 litre pot |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | Shrub |
| Life Cycle | Perennial |
| Care Level | Easy |
Growing & care
- Plant type
- shrub
- Position & light
- Full sun· Partial shade
- Soil & drainage
- Acidic· Well drained
- Mature size
- 3.0m high· 1.8m wide
- Foliage
- evergreen
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