Holly Golden King

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Key Features

  • An attractive shrub which boasts crisp shapely leaves trimmed with golden yellow tones
  • Flowers bloom in spring with reddish brown berries budding between autumn and winter
  • RHS award of Garden Merit
  • Low maintenance – Great for novice gardeners!
  • Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot
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Description

Reaching its ultimate height of up to 8 metres in a span of 20 to 50 years, Ilex Golden King is an impressive tree to cherish and enjoy for a lifetime.

The shrub boasts dark evergreen foliage all year round that’s embellished with a golden yellow trim. If you’re particularly lucky, sometimes fully golden leaves bloom like a prized piece of treasure.

Small delicate white flowers flourish in spring which are followed by reddish brown berries budding in the autumn.
As well as its stunning appearance, Ilex Golden King boosts wildlife through its excellent pollinating properties.

The shrub is highly attractive to bees, birds, butterflies, and beneficial insects as well as providing a nutritious food source for caterpillars.

Bees and butterflies love its nectar rich flowers whilst birds appreciate the seeds that bud from the berries. Planting an Ilex Golden King is a guaranteed way to transform your garden into a pollinating paradise.

This is a self-fertile female holly, so will produce berries without the need of a male counterpart.

Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot.

Top Tips
Can grow in most soils yet will thrive in those that are fertile and moist
Care Information
  • Best planted in full sun positions for vibrant leaves
  • Grow near a male plant for a flourishing crop of berries, but not threat if this is not possible as Ilex Golden King is a self-fertile female holly, so will produce berries regardless
  • Tolerates seaside air and atmospheric pollution
  • Prune in early spring
  • May be susceptible to scale insects, holly leaf miner whilst young shoots may be susceptible to aphids
  • Susceptible to root rot, holly leaf blight and sometimes honey fungus
  • Berries may cause mild stomach upset if ingested. Toxic to humans, cats, dogs and horses.
  • Can irritate the skin - wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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