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Masashi’s Gold Holly – 1 Gallon Pot

Original price was: $49.97.Current price is: $34.98.

SKU: D2LSC 930327908 Categories: Shrubs, SHRUBS & BUSHES

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Masashi’s Gold Holly

Ilex cornuta ‘Marashi’s Gold’

Other Names: Masashi’s Golden Burford Holly, Masashi’s Gold Chinese Holly

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub

Height at Maturity: 4-8′, depending on pruning

Width at Maturity: 4-8′, depending on pruning

Spacing Recommendations: 4′ for solid hedge; 9’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Rounded

Growth Rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White

Flower Size: Small

Flowering Period: May, June

Flower Type: Single, in clusters

Fragrant Flowers: –

Foliage Color: Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: Yes – Self-pollinating, no need for a pollinator

Berry Color: Red

Sun Needs: Full Sun or Mostly Sun, Morning Sun with Dappled or Afternoon Shade, All Day Filtered Sun, Morning Shade with Evening Sun

Water Needs: Average, Low when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy, Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.5 – 7

Maintenance / Care: Low to Average

Attracts: Beneficial Pollinators, Birds, Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Mildew, Heat, Insect, Clay Soil

Description

Discovered by nurseryman Masashi Shibamachi in Japan, Masashi’s Gold Holly is much like its Burfordi cousin, but with outstanding, lustrous, fluorescent golden-yellow foliage that makes it a beacon in the landscape, standing out from hundreds of feet away. Much like its cousin, the Dwarf Burford Holly, in growth habit, it forms a dense, rounded shrub 4 to 8 feet tall and wide, depending on pruning. It responds very well to pruning, allowing it to be clipped into a formal hedge if desired. If left to grow naturally, as it grows taller, lower branches can be removed to form an attractive, small tree that is stunning and suitable for use as a focal point specimen in sunny to partially shaded landscape borders and home foundation plantings. In late spring, it produces clusters of small, white flowers at the stem tips, which pollinators will appreciate, that are followed by clusters of bright red berries.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 4 to 8 feet tall and wide (depending on pruning), the Masashi’s Gold Holly is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a natural or formal hedge in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. As it grows taller, lower branches can be removed to form a beautiful, small evergreen tree that serves as a focal point specimen or in groupings in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. It is a fine addition to yellow theme gardens, bird and wildlife gardens, formal gardens, and Asian theme gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 4 feet apart for solid hedge; 9 feet or more apart for space between plants

Growing Preferences

Masashi’s Gold Holly is easy to grow in moist, well-drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade; however, more sun brings brighter foliage color and more berries. Four or more hours of direct sunlight is recommended. No pruning is necessary; however, it responds well to pruning for creating formal shapes and hedges, or for shaping into a tree form. Note that heavy pruning after spring flowering may affect berry production. Therefore, we recommend pruning in late winter.

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