Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil' ~ Monrovia® Sky Pencil Japanese Holly conifer Upright and compact flower spikes

Upright and compact flower spikes of sweetly fragrant white flower spikes bloom in summer and give way to brown seedpods that last to winter

Picturata Aucuba is a shade loving variegated evergreen shrub with leaves that host a yellow center and have the signature yellow speckles coating the green margins

Abbey's Re-View is disease resistant and heat tolerant

The delicate looking foliage has colors for each season: it emerges bright green in spring

(2) Photoset by Leonora (Ellie) Enking

Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil' ~ Monrovia® Sky Pencil Japanese Holly conifer Upright and compact flower spikesMonrovia Sky Pencil Japanese Holly is a slow growing evergreen shrub with an exceedingly narrow upright habit and small dark green spineless leaves. If pollinated, the inconspicuous flowers in spring to give way to small purple fruits in fall which last through winter. Best planted in moist, slightly acidic well drained soils. Hollies are dioecious and need both male and female plants to produce fruit. Type: Shrub Origins: East Asia and eastern Russia