| Scientific Name: | Ilex x meserveae |
| Common Name: | blue holly |
| Family Name: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Fall interest, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Security/barrier, Sheared hedge, Topiary, Wind break, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Oblanceolate, Spinose |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Red, Jan-Feb-Nov-Dec, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Similar to I. aquifolium, structure pyramidal; stems purple tinged-green; leaves alternate, ovate-elliptic, most 4-6cm long x 1.5-2.5cm wide, satiny dark green, margin spinose, petioles5-9mm long; flowers pinkish-white. Winter ID: drupes on female plants glossy red, oval, 6-8mm long x 5-7mm wide. | |