Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs
Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Evergreen Shrubs
Proven Winners® CASTLE ROUGE™  Blue holly
Ilex × meserveae' HACH1'PP#25,475
 
Castle Rouge blue holly (Ilex × meserveae) is the biggest thing to happen to blue holly since Kathleen Meserve made the first crosses of Ilex aquifolium and Ilex rugosa back in the 1950s. All season long, its new growth emerges a glossy red-burgundy color for spectacular effect, and once winter comes, the whole plant turns a deep, dark burgundy. It's a male and will serve to pollinate the rest of the Castle series as well as other blue hollies, but unlike conventional male hollies, this one is handsome enough to give pride of place in the landscape. 
 
USDA Zone 5 - 7 (-20°F/-28.9°C)
Exposure Full sun, Part sun
Height 5-8'
Width 4-5'
Finish Time 1 season
Type Evergreen
Bloom Time Spring
Flower ColorWhite
Foliage Color Green, Red