Sky Pencil Japanese holly (Ilex crenata ‘Sky Pencil’) is a low-maintenance evergreen shrub that is perfect for a narrow garden space. This holly is slender and graceful, with an upright habit ...

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Sky Pencil is a cultivar of the Japanese holly Ilex crenata. Sky Pencil has a unique, very narrow, upright growth habit that looks great in the garden as an accent plant, and it has quickly become ...

ANSWER: Sky Pencil is a cultivar of Japanese holly, Ilex crenata. This species of holly is poorly adapted to south Louisiana and commonly succumbs to root rots in the heat of mid- to late summer.

Sky Pencil has been around for six or eight years. It’s a selection from Ilex crenata , Japanese holly. It’s well suited to acidic soils, so it’s primarily for gardeners in East Texas.

Q: I have two 'Dragon Lady' hollies a garden entrance. They get a lot of shade. They are sparse and leggy with growth only at the tips of the plant. I was going to check the soil pH and iron ...