Piccolo Japanese Holly - Ilex crenata 'Piccolo'

A miniature, slow-growing evergreen Japanese holly. It had me at hello. The dense branches, the tiny glossy, dark green leaves and its fun mounding habit makes it a perfect miniature garden tree.

Make sure you have the proper climate for it:

**Add an extra handful of vermiculite or perlite to your potting soil if growing this in a container. It requires well-drained, acidic soil (regular potting soil is usually slightly acidic already) which means it doesn't like a lot of moisture around its roots - but don't let the soil dry out completely. 

**Cold hardy to Zone 5 or -20F (-29C)

**Heat hardy - it can handle moderate summer warmth but NOT high heat in humid areas. Plant it in a spot with afternoon shade if you're in a hotter zone.

Rare. Limit 2 per customer.

• Tiny leaves are perfectly to scale
• Grows 1/2" to 1" per year

• Produces tiny white flowers in the summer
• Followed by green berries
• Can be pruned lightly to keep its shape

• Growth rate: Less than 1"/yr
• Zones 5 - 9 or hardy to -20F
• Heat zones 8 - 5

• Full sun to part shade
• Regular water
• Fertilize after 2 years if planted in a container
  
  
• Pot shown is 4” wide
• An outdoor plant

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