Ilex × meserveae 'Conablu' [sold as Blue Prince®]
Blue Prince Meserve Holly

Ilex × meserveae ′Conablu′ [sold as Blue Prince®] - Bark and Buds
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flowers:
White (Spring; small; dioecious flowers; not ornamentally important)
 Foliage:
Green (Glossy, dark blue-green evergreen foliage)
 Ultimate Height:
8-12 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
8-12 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil:
Prefers moist, acidic, well-drained soils
 Range:
Hybrid origin
 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:
  • Border 372
  • Foundation 183
  • Hedge 234
  • Mass Plantings 274
  • Pollution Tolerant 217
  • Slow Growth Rate 269
  • Winter Interest 90

    • Additional Information

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

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