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English Holly Hedge (Ilex aquifolium or Ilex aquifolium 'Alaska')

Online Catalogue | English Holly Hedge (Ilex aquifolium or Ilex aquifolium 'Alaska')

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium or Alaska)

Holly (Ilex aquifolium) hedge plant description

Holly hedging plants

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Holly (Ilex aquifolium) is an ideal hedging plant for many reasons. It is slow growing, so needs little maintenance, its dense form and prickly leaves are a good intruder deterrent, its berries on pollinated female plants provide food for native birds throughout the winter and it can be trimmed into a superb formal decorative hedge which provides an excellent windbreak and is also pollution resistant. Being evergreen, Holly keeps its fantastic foliage year round providing you with year round interest and winter cover. Holly is also a very popular choice to include in a native mixed hedge (it is one of the few native evergreens) to provide some winter colour and protection for wildlife. Consider adding a number of our native plants to a mixed feature as this will create a hedge full of diverse colours, shapes and textures. You can also see our whole collection of prickly hedge plants which can be planted alongside Holly for an outstanding, intruder-proof barrier.

(Ilex aquifolium leaves are glossy dark green and berries can be either red or orange. It grows by approx 10-15 cm p.a. and should be trimmed in autumn (and mid summer too if you wish). It likes full or partial shade and moist (but not wet) soil and is suitable for exposed sites, seaside gardens. To prevent hungry birds eating all the berries (so that there are some left for Christmas decorations), tie netting over selected stems or cut a few stems in early/mid December and stand them in a bucket of water in a cool shed and they should stay fresh. Always make sure there's plenty of alternative bird food available before reserving Holly branches for the Christmas decorations please! See our entire range of hedging with berries for additional species.

Due to its many benefits, we stock Ilex aquifolium Alaska, which is hardier and bushier then the native cultivar, Ilex aquifoloum. Ilex Alaska boasts: a more dense growth habit, brighter, slightly softer green leaves and stems and it produces more berries. Overall, it is a much better Holly plant in all respects except for the fact that it isn't native. Ilex aquifolium has purple stems, darker, more prickly leaves and can in fact be quite gappy (not as dense). We have only shown Alaska rootballs but if you require the native variety (because of a planning requirement for example), then of course we can get it at very similar prices.

We also have a self-fertile variety called Ilex aquifolium J C Van Tol and Silver Holly. See our ultimate guide to Holly hedging plants for more information on these alternatives.

You can view additional options for tricky planting sites in our plants for exposed sites section.

Prices shown are the price per plant. Recommended planting densities are very much a matter of choice and you can increase or reduce the density depending on your level of patience but our recommendations per metre are
- bare root - 3 is adequate, 5 is good and 7 is ideal
- cell grown - 4 in a single row or ideally 6 in a staggered row
- pot grown - as shown below (these vary by pot size)
- root balls - as shown below (these vary by height of plant)
See also our Advice section on Planting Density on the right hand side of our website.

Cell grown, pot grown and instant holly hedging plants are available to buy all year round. Bare roots are only available from November to late April/early May. Root Ball plants are available from mid-October to mid-May.

If you have any questions on this species, please contact us. You can phone us on 01257 263873 (we're here 7 days a week, until 7pm weekdays in peak autumn and spring seasons), email us at helpdesk@hedgesdirect.co.uk or if you'd like to speak on the phone but would like us to pay for the phone call (and why not!) then use our Request a Call Back facility. Just put your phone number in the subject area of this email address requestacallback@hedgesdirect.co.uk and one of our experienced advisors will call you back within 15 minutes.

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English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 20/40cm cell grown

Price:£2.29 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Recommended planting density = 5 to 7 per metre
Min. quantity of 12 plants
See discounted packs lower down this list - or please phone us for a quote if these pack sizes don't exactly meet your needs

Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Fertiliser 1kg

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 40/60cm in 2 litre pots Special Offer

Price:£4.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Recommended planting density = 3 to 5 per metre

WAS £5.49 now £4.99

Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Fertiliser 1kg

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 60/90cm in 2 litre pots

Price:£7.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Recommended planting density = 3 to 5 per metre

Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g

2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 80/100cm in 3 litre pots

Price:£9.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Recommended planting density = 3 per metre

Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g

2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 80/100cm in 5 litre pots

Price:£11.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Recommended planting density = 3 per metre

Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Fertiliser 1kg

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 1.2/1.5m in 10 litre pots*

Price:£34.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Recommended planting density = 2 or 2.5 per metre

Minimum order value for FREE delivery on this stock (due to the height/ weight) is £200 plus VAT (any mixture of plants), or for lower value orders you can pay a delivery contribution - please phone or email us.
Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Bio-Active Fertiliser

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 1.2/1.5m in 15 litre pots

Price:£49.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Recommended planting density = 2 or 3 per metre

Minimum order value for FREE delivery on this stock (due to the height/ weight) is £200 plus VAT (any mixture of plants), or for lower value orders you can pay a delivery contribution - please phone or email us.
Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g

2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 2.0/2.25m in 35 litre pots

Price:£84.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Recommended planting density = 1 or 2 per metre

Minimum order value for FREE delivery on this stock (due to the height/ weight) is £200 plus VAT (any mixture of plants), or for lower value orders you can pay a delivery contribution - please phone or email us.

Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Bio-Active Fertiliser

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 1m (40L trough) 90/120cm height pre-clipped instant hedging

Minimum of 3 units

Free Delivery!

Pre-clipped mature hedging units (read more about Instant Hedging).

Price:£109.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 1kg	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Fertiliser 1kg

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 1m (90L trough) 150/175cm height pre-clipped instant hedging

Minimum of 3 units

Free Delivery!

Pre-clipped mature hedging units (read more about Instant Hedging).

Price:£259.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 1kg	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Fertiliser 1kg

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 20/40cm cell grown - discounted pack of 30

Price:£64.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Price incorporates a 5% discount
Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Fertiliser 1kg

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 20/40cm cell grown - discounted pack of 50

Price:£102.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Price incorporates a 10% discount
Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Fertiliser 1kg

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 20/40cm cell grown - discounted pack of 100

Price:£193.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Price incorporates a 15% discount
Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 360g	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Fertiliser 1kg

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 20/40cm cell grown - discounted pack of 250

Price:£457.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Price incorporates a 20% discount
Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 2.5L tub	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Fertiliser 1kg

Quantity:

English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) 20/40cm cell grown - discounted pack of 500

Price:£857.99 (Excluding VAT at 20%)

Price incorporates a 25% discount
Planting Essentials:

1. RootGrow 2.5L tub	2. Westland Bonemeal Root Builder 1.5kg
3. Topsoil 35L bag (Min order subtotal £200)	4. Afterplant Evergreen Fertiliser 1kg

Quantity:

Online Catalogue | English Holly Hedge (Ilex aquifolium or Ilex aquifolium 'Alaska')




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