Royal Family Blue Holly 1 Live Prince & Princess Combination, 3 Gallon – Ilex × meserveae

Royal Family Blue Holly is an ornamental evergreen holly combination featuring Ilex × meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ and ‘Blue Princess’. This combination brings together a male pollinator and a female berry-producing holly in one nursery-grown planting. Both selections are known for their glossy, dark blue-green foliage, attractive branching, and year-round evergreen appearance. Their dense, spiny-edged leaves provide rich color and texture in the landscape.

The Blue Prince component produces male flowers that supply pollen, while Blue Princess produces female flowers that can develop into bright red ornamental berries after successful pollination. Because both cultivars are included, the combination supports pollination without requiring a separate male holly elsewhere in the landscape. Berry production still depends on plant maturity, flowering overlap, weather, and growing conditions. Royal Family Blue Holly is suitable for foundation plantings, evergreen borders, mixed shrub beds, and seasonal landscape accents. It generally prefers full sun to partial shade and moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil.

Each order includes 1 Royal Family Blue Holly combination planting containing Blue Prince and Blue Princess, supplied together in a 3-gallon nursery container. The nursery label specifies a shipping height of approximately 15 inches. The plants are rooted and container-grown. The number of visible stems, foliage density, and seasonal berry production may vary.

Approx. 15 inches tall at time of shipping.

Shipping Size:

• Quantity: 1 Live Royal Family Holly Combination Planting

• Included Cultivars: Blue Prince (Male) and Blue Princess (Female)

• Container Size: 3 Gallon Nursery Pot (G3)

• Shipping Height: Approx. 15 inches tall at time of shipping.

• Plant Form: Rooted, Container-Grown Evergreen Holly Combination

• Foliage Color: Glossy Dark Blue-Green

• Ornamental Berry Color: Bright Red, When Successfully Pollinated

• Seasonal Appearance: May Arrive Without Flowers or Berries

Plant Condition Disclosure:

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note:

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

• Quantity: 1 Live Holly Combination Planting

• Container Size: 3 Gallon Nursery Pot (G3)

• Shipping Height: Approx. 15 inches tall at time of shipping.

• Common Name: Royal Family Blue Holly

• Scientific Name: Ilex × meserveae

• Included Cultivars: ‘Blue Prince’ and ‘Blue Princess’

• Combination Type: Male and Female Holly Cultivars Together

• Plant Type: Broadleaf Evergreen Shrub

• Growth Habit: Dense, Upright, Bushy

• Foliage Color: Glossy Dark Blue-Green

• Leaf Characteristics: Spiny-Edged, Glossy, Evergreen

• Flower Color: Small, Whitish Flowers

• Bloom Season: Spring

• Ornamental Berry Color: Bright Red

• Berry Season: Fall Through Winter, When Produced

• Pollination: Male Blue Prince Can Pollinate Female Blue Princess

• Berry Production: Dependent on Successful Pollination and Growing Conditions

• USDA Hardiness Zones: Generally 5–8

• Sunlight: Full Sun to Partial Shade

• Soil Preference: Moist, Well-Drained, Slightly Acidic Soil

• Water Requirements: Moderate; Consistent Moisture During Establishment

• Landscape Uses: Foundation Plantings, Evergreen Borders, Mixed Shrub Beds, and Seasonal Landscape Accents

• Seasonal Habit: Evergreen

• Seasonal Condition: May Arrive Recently Pruned or Without Berries

• Safety Note: Holly Berries Are Ornamental and Not Intended for Human or Pet Consumption

Live Blue Prince and Blue Princess holly combination, natural root systems, nursery growing medium, 3-gallon nursery container.