Ilex X meserveae 'Blue Princess' (Blue Holly) Evergreen, #2 - Size Container

Blue Prince Holly arrived lush deep blue green and very healthy. Planted it the day it was received, and it is thriving. I have the female equivalent, so there will be red berries next Winter.

Purchased five of these variegated hollies to replace the shrubs that were destroyed by deep freeze couple winters ago. We read the glowing reviews and they are absolutely "spot on!" They arrived sooner than expected, and put in garage overnight, and will plant tomorrow. All five are beautiful, healthy all similar 3 gallon size,.and one even had a berry visible. Husband had a landscape business for several years, and was exceedingly surprised on how nice they are, and equal to some we saw at a nursery about an hour away; but these were less than half the cost for each, and equal in every other way. Cannot wait to plant them in front of our porch.

Super healthy plant received today, much earlier than expected. The packaging was very good and the pot it was in was not flimsy at all. Moisture rich soil and planted right away. Gorgeous plant. Thank you.

These Blue Princess hollies have lustrous dark green evergreen leaves without sharp spines and red berries. They arrived in perfect condition, at least 2 ft. tall, bushy, healthy, and well boxed. I was thrilled when I unboxed them (see pics). Last year I paid $20 more for smaller hollies from a different online retailer, so I am overjoyed with these. I have not ordered from this online nursery Green Promise Farms before, but I will again.I ordered Blue Princess because they only grow 8 to 12 ft. tall, and they are winter hardy even in Zone 5. Even though I live in Zone 7, I chose hollies that thrive in Zone 5 so that they can survive harsh winters. Blue Princess was bred in New Jersey (Zone 5) and does not suffer winter damage, unlike Nellie Stevens hollies, which are widely planted in Virginia (Zone 7), but look terrible after winter (brown dead leaves at branch tips).Blue Princess is a female holly and only female hollies set berries. You must have at least one male holly nearby that flowers at the same time to be a pollinator for Blue Princess. Blue Prince is recommended. As a pollinator, I planted a combo plant called Berri-Magic that has a Blue Prince and Blue Princess plant in the same pot. The downside is that only half of the plant has berries, so it's best to stick that one in an inconspicuous corner.

My Blue Prince and Blue Princess plants, size 3, arrived in robust good health in spite of obvious not so gentle treatment by UPS. Compared with similar hollies in the same size pots that just appeared at a local big box store, the Amazon plants are far larger and far healthier. The Amazon plants are also cheaper. I’ll be buying more.

The plant is doing very well! I didn't know until after I got it that this is a female and that one must have a male nearby in order to get the beautiful red berries that the birds love to eat. I ordered a Southern Gentleman, the male counterpart to the Winterberry, that is also doing well and am hoping for the best!

The Holly plant came in extremely good health with ripening berries, perfect for an outdoor Christmas planter.

Jus really did not need one more Holly Bush; live plant was beautifully packaged & return simple, +credited