Ilex crenata 'Kinme'
Japanese Holly 'Kinme'
'Kinme' is a dense, spreading, evergreen shrub with small, ovate, glossy, dark green leaves and insignificant flowers in spring and summer. It makes an ideal topiary bush and unlike Box, it doesn't suffer from blight!
Contributed by @cassie26
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Japanese Holly 'Kinme'
Latin name
Ilex crenata 'Kinme'
type
Trees or Shrubs
family
Aquifoliaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
Ilex crenata 'Kinme'
'Kinme' is a dense, spreading, evergreen shrub with small, ovate, glossy, dark green leaves and insignificant flowers in spring and summer. It makes an ideal topiary bush and unlike Box, it doesn't suffer from blight!
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Put pot grown plants out into growing position after digging in compost.
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Sow seed throughout the year under glass.
Propagating by cuttings
From Late Summer TO Mid Autumn
Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14 cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.
Flowering
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Small white flowers appear in Spring (male and female usually on separate plants) and, on female plants only, are followed by showy red berries in autumn