General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 7 to 10 feet
Plant Spread: 5 to 8 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Other: grafting
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: China Girl®
Cultivar name: 'Mesog'
Common names
  • Blue Holly
  • Meserve Holly
  • Meserve Hybrid Holly
Also sold as:
  • Ilex x meserveae

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Location: Annadale, VA
Date: Dec 2, 2011
Location: Annadale, VA
Date: Dec 2, 2011

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Location: Annadale, VA
Date: Dec 2, 2011
Location: Annadale, VA
Date: Dec 2, 2011
Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Dec 3, 2011 3:40 PM concerning plant:
    A dioecious shrub (separate male and female plants).

    CHINA GIRL is a female plant and CHINA BOY (D480) is a companion male plant. You need both to produce a good crop of berries.
    A planting needs at least one CHINA BOY within 400' as a pollinator for up to 9-10 CHINA GIRL plants.

    Upright, rounded, dense, evergreen shrub which matures over many years to 7-10' tall by 5-8' wide. Often seen growing much shorter, however.

    Has thorns.

    No serious disease or insect problems.

    Tolerates air pollution.

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