And there is no trimming / pruning required to keep them within these height & width parameters. Perfect as a specimen plant, foundation plantings, hedges or screens, or wall-side borders. It is naturally a very tall, slender, narrow grower - reaching heights of 8 - 10 feet on average, but with an overall average width of only 2 - 2 1/2 feet.May be affected by aphids, scale insects, holly leaf miner, or holly leaf blight.It has a black, globular fruits 1/4 inch long that are produced on pollinated female plants in fall and winter. It is grown mainly for its interesting shape. With pruning, it can be kept down to 2 m tall and 31 cm wide. Morphology: This evergreen shrub will grow to 8 in height but stay less than 2 in width. Sky Pencil is a slender, columnar shrub up to 2 meters tall and 2 feet (61 cm) wide. However, it prefers moist, slightly acidic soil with good drainage. The name Sky Pencil reflects it strict upright growth habit. This plant is not fussy and tolerates a wide variety of soils. 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. 'Sky Pencil' is a female cultivar that needs a male pollinator in order to produce fruit. Small black fruits follow the tiny white flowers in late summer and fall. The column is narrowest at the base, slowly tapering out along the plant’s ascent skyward. A very distinctive holly, Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil' is a slow-growing, narrow, strongly columnar evergreen Japanese Holly with shiny foliage of convex, dark green leaves, which holds all year. When my own shrub reached 6 feet tall, its width was only 12 inches at the widest point.
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A full sun to part shade lover, this plant is easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils. Sky Pencil Holly is a relatively slow-growing, columnar shrub that reaches 4-10 feet in height, with width only about 1/3 of that.This evergreen shrub looks tidy with almost zero care once. Terrific as a narrow hedge or screen, it also provides a rare natural vertical accent in the landscape. As its name suggests, Sky Pencil Holly grows tall and narrow as if reaching for the clouds. The column is narrowest at the base, slowly tapering out along the plant’s ascent skyward. Introduced by the US National Arboretum, its pencil-thin growth habit makes it perfect for small gardens. Zone: 5-9 Light Needs: Full Sun Deciduous/Evergreen: Evergreen Growth Habit: Upright Growth Rate: Moderate Average Mature Height: 6-8 ft. Characteristics: Sky Pencil Holly is a relatively slow-growing, columnar shrub that reaches 4-10 feet in height, with width only about 1/3 of that. A very distinctive holly, Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil' is a slow-growing, narrow, strongly columnar evergreen Japanese Holly with shiny foliage of convex, dark green leaves, which holds all year.
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