Blue Holly hedges are timeless classics that make a large impact on the landscape with very little special care required. Blue holly provides excellent close knit cover and food for birds and is used as a natural holiday decoration for the home, traditionally at Christmas especially in wreaths.

Ilex Meservae Blue Princess commonly known as Blue Holly was created in the 1950’s by Kathleen Meservae on her windowsill! It is a very popular hardy medium to large evergreen shrub that creates a dense backdrop throughout the year.

It is a hybrid of the Ilex family and is known as one of the best berry producers but it does require a male pollinator. Holly Blue is an extremely good deterrent against intruders with its prickly leaves yet is always an attractive part of any garden. White flowers in spring are followed by a fantastic show of brilliant red berries giving an amazing display against the lustrous bluish green leaf colour along with the very attractive almost violet branches.

This versatile useful shrub can grow up to 3 metres, makes an excellent hedge with all year interest between 90cm and 2 metres. It can grow 50cm per year in the right conditions which are well drained slightly acidic soil in full sun but it will tolerate a fair amount of shade as well. Holly Blue is a very low maintenance plant but if pruning is required it should be done in the summer.

These are plants that are not suited to being transplanted so are only sold by us as a potted plant in various sizes. If we can be of any further help, not just in regards to Blue Holly hedging, please do not hesitate to call our office and we will be more than happy to help.

Delivery leadtimes update – April 2025

Spring is our busiest time of year and we are working through orders as fast as we can to get your plants delivered. To give you an accurate idea of when your order will arrive, these are the current leadtimes (delivery is 1-2 days after despatch):

– Orders containing only bare roots – despatch within 5 working days.

– Orders containing only root balls, or root balls and bare roots – despatch within 10 working days.

– All orders containing potted plants – despatch within 14 working days.

Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.

Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.

Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 5-7 working days.

Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.

Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)

Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)

Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)

Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.

Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants

Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page