A vigorous medium sized evegreen shrub with spiny edged glaucous grey-green holly like leaves with a pale underside.Large clusters of fragrant white flowers are borne in summer. Best in a sunny position in a well drained soil,

As a guide this plant can grow to 300cm by 200cm

Here at Polhill we recommend that you use a good quality compost mixed with your garden soil when planting in the ground. If going into containers then a good multipurpose compost or John Innes compost is recommended