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Ilex Crenata - ‘Soft Touch’Aka: Japanese HollyCommon Name: Japanese hollyZone: 5 to 8Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreenFamily: AquifoliaceaeNative Range: NoneHeight: 3 to 4 feetSpread: 3 to 4 feetBloom Time: MayBloom Color: Greenish-whiteSun: Full sun to part shadeWater: MediumMaintenance: MediumGeneral Culture:Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Tolerant of a widerange of growing conditions, including clay soils and urban pollution. Prefers light, moist, acidicsoils with good drainage. Chlorosis (leaf yellowing) may occur in alkaline soils. Japanese holliesare dioecious (separate male and female plants). 'Geisha' is an all-female cultivar which needs amale pollinator in order to produce fruit. May not be reliably winter hardy throughout USDAZone 5 where it should be grown in a protected location with a winter mulch.Noteworthy Characteristics:'Geisha' is a dwarf, evergreen Japanese holly cultivar which is noted for producing yellow berriesin fall as opposed to the more usual purple to red. It grows somewhat slowly in a rounded mound- 55 -