Ilex 'JC Van Tol'

Ilex 'JC Van Tol'If you are looking for an eye catching focal point in a garden, Holly always makes a great choice. It is easy to maintain and can be grown into a tree or trimmed back as a smaller shrub. The Ilex aquifolium J. C. van Tol offers spineless, glossy dark green foliage on dark purple stems, an imposing colour scheme that will delight the eye. It is a female plant, but unlike other female Hollies, it is self pollinating and will burst with bright red

pairing up either side of an entrance or planting in the open ground in beds and borders

It can thrive in sun

Native to Europe to Asia and North America

on the top of the main stem forms a spherical umbel densely packed with star-shaped flowers approximately 3cm in diameter with corn-flower blue hues

vividly coloured blooms that last from early summer right through to the first frosts

hasta-like leaves can be seen in the springtime

The Syringa vulgaris ‘Belle de Nancy’ has an upright habit

Want to know how far apart to space your plants

10 Allium Sphaerocephalon (6/+) and 12 Allium Roseum (5/6)

bringing life

and eventually mature to a beautiful rosy shade of pink

It also makes a great conservatory plant if you have enough room