Ilex × meserveae 'Conapry' [sold as Blue Princess®]
Blue Princess Meserve Holly

Ilex × meserveae ′Conapry′ [sold as Blue Princess®] - Overall Habit
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (Spring; small; dioecious flowers; not ornamentally important)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Glossy, dark blue-green evergreen foliage)
 Fruit Notes:
Red (Dioecious; beautiful dark red fruits on female plants in the fall)
 Ultimate Height:
10-15 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
8-10 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, acidic, well-drained soils
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Blue-green leaves (1-2.5" long and 0.75-1.25" wide) are alternate, simple, evergreen, leathery, spiny (4-8 spines per margin), lustrous dark bluish green above with slightly impressed veins above.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Fruiting Characteristics 128
  • Border 378
  • Foundation 188
  • Hedge 255
  • Mass Plantings 278
  • Screen 179
  • Pollution Tolerant 217
  • Slow Growth Rate 266
  • Winter Interest 103

    • Additional Information

    This female cultivar of the Meserve Holly is known for its hardiness, beautiful, lustrous, dark blue-green foliage, and heavily borne dark red fruits. The Meserve Holly, like other hollies, is dioecious, so plant females for fruit and an occasional male for pollination. Blue Prince ('Conablu') is considered a good male pollinator for Blue Princess. Winter dessication injury to leaves occurs in exposed sites.

    2 Ilex × meserveae 'Conapry' [sold as Blue Princess®] found

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    Number Accession ID Location
    12013_00090*AHORT
    22013_00092*AHORT

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