'Blue Princess' holly is the female cultivar of the blue holly group of broadleaf evergreen shrubs, commonly used as landscape specimens and hedge shrubs. When pollinated by its male counterpart, 'Blue Prince,' it produces the bright red berries that we come to associate with holly shrubs in landscape use. These plants are considered Meserve hybrids, developed by amateur horticulturist Kathleen Kellogg Meserve as the hardy standard holly sold in garden centers and nurseries everywhere. This shrub's leaves are a glossy, dark green color with a bluish cast to them and are moderately spiny. Their inconspicuous flowers bloom in spring (and sometimes again in fall,) producing the bright red berries that brighten winter.

Multiple Variants.