Soft Touch Holly - One Year Later - September 2024
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One of the not-so-planned set of shrubs that went in last Fall in my Fall Planting spasm was a set of three Soft Touch Hollys that went into the backyard nook area. They were a late-season sale purchase , but I thought it was wise to diversify away from yews and boxwoods in my evergreen shrub collection. Have they put on size? I think so. See below for the current state of these three Japanese Soft Touch Holly in our backyard - Zone 6a/5b. They're fronted by some Dark Side of the Moon Astilbes and Ajuga Chocolate Chip that I put here during one of my 'garden edits' this Spring.