Castle Wall Holly
Ilex x meserveae ‘Heckenstar’ · an upright male blue holly
A compact, upright blue holly with small, glossy, spiny leaves, for narrow hedges, screens and foundation plantings. It's a male, so it won't berry, but one plant pollinates several Castle Spire hollies nearby. Give it acid, well-drained soil in sun or part shade.
- Mature size
- 7 × 3.5 ft
- 2.1 × 1.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 5a–7b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Apr–May
Castle Wall Holly at its mature size
A mature Castle Wall Holly grows 5 to 10 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Drawn as Castle Spire Holly, sized as Castle Wall Holly.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, Proven Winners, rhs.org.uk.
Growing Castle Wall Holly
- Grows well in
- The Northeast and the Midwest.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Good for
- Privacy screen, hedge, small space, and foundation planting
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Europe and Japan
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Castle Wall Holly, that’s about 3.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Castle Wall Holly in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hollies
Castle Wall Holly
Steeds Japanese Holly
Inkberry Holly
Sky Pencil HollyAll drawn to the same scale.