The Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination, otherwise known as the Ilex X Meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ & ‘Blue Princess’ or Rockapulco Appleblossom Impatiens, Double Impatiens, Impatiens walleriana ‘BALFIEPLOS’, is a rather well known perennial plant by gardening enthusiasts around the world.
Best known for its low maintenance and moderate growth, this perennial will likely liven up your house (or garden) with its green colored leaves. But, only if you learn how to take proper care of it for it to thrive.
Fortunately, this is exactly what we’ll cover in this Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination Care Guide. So let’s dive in.
In order to take proper care of your Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination you’ll need to keep in mind the following guidelines:
- Water: The Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination wants regular watering to enhance fruit production but as a landscape plant, too much water will be a problem.
- Light: Keep your Ilex X Meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ & ‘Blue Princess’ in an environment where it can receive partial to full sun on a daily basis.
- Soil: Make sure to keep the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination in soil with moist but well-draining properties, so ideally, one that is made of clay, loam, chalk, and sand.
That’s it – sunlight, water and soil! The basic 3 fundamentals for all plant care, and with the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination this is no exception. With these three elements, your leafy friend will live healthy and happy.
Scientific / Botanical Aspects
In botanical terms, the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination belongs to the Balsaminaceae family, the genus Impatiens and the species Walleriana, hence its scientific (or botanical) name Ilex X Meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ & ‘Blue Princess’ (I-leks MESS-erv-ay).
As with other Impatiens’s, the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination is an evergreen plant, which means it will be present year round in your garden.
Growing Region
The Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination is a plant native to the South East Kenya to South Tropical Africa.
You might be wondering why your Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination’s native region is important. Well, if you know where your plant originally came from, you’ll know which environment conditions it prefers, and with it, knowledge on how to replicate it at home.
With this in mind, the Ilex X Meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ & ‘Blue Princess’ will be most used to the heat zones in the 1 – 12 region, as the plant hardiness level falls between 10b, 10a, 11b, 11a and the ideal climate zone is between 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, A1, A2, A3, H1, H2.
Growth and Size
Growth
In terms of size and growth, the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination is a relatively moderate grower, which makes things somewhat easy for any plant enthusiast.
Size
But what exactly does this mean for your Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination? How large a pot should you consider, how tall, how wide can it get? Let’s jump in…
The Ilex X Meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ & ‘Blue Princess’ can grow up to 10″ – 2′ (25cm – 60cm) in 10″ – 2′ (25cm – 60cm) and 1′ – 2′ (30cm – 60cm) in 1′ – 2′ (30cm – 60cm).
These dimensions make the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination a relatively small perennial compared to others, so it’s best to keep this fact in mind since it will affect where you want to keep yours at home.
This is why experts recommend keeping an area of approximately 10″ – 12″ (25cm – 30cm) free so the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination can spread to its best extent.
Water
In terms of watering, the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination is a fairly complicated plant to take care of.
This is mostly because it has a not so straightforward watering schedule and somewhat regular watering needs.
Specifically, most experts agree that the Ilex X Meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ & ‘Blue Princess’ wants regular watering to enhance fruit production but as a landscape plant, too much water will be a problem.
Which is why it is considered a plant with relatively average needs in terms of water.
Watering
As a rule of thumb, you should remember to keep your Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination in soil with moist but well-draining characteristics, as these will guarantee the right conditions for your plant to grow and thrive.
When you consider this, this is why you should aim to choose soil that has good drainage, and moist properties to keep the right moisture levels at all times.
However, in our experience, the best solution to knowing the right amount of water for your Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination is with the ‘thumb’ technique. Basically, you insert your finger into the soil, and based if you feel the soil moist or dry, you determine if it needs any water, which is the most appropriate way to go about watering your leafy friend.
Soil Mix
As mentioned earlier, the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination prefers to have soil with good drainage, and moist properties at all times, reason why you need to make the soil mix out of clay, loam, chalk, and sand.
This is why most experts agree that the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination requires soil with high organic matter, which will give you the right conditions it needs.
In addition to this, expert gardeners recommend having preferably alkaline, acid or neutral soil.
Light and Exposure
In terms of light & exposure, the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination requires partial to full sun in order for it to thrive under the right conditions.
Most experts agree that this perennial will do well as long as you keep it in partial sun to shade, and it will be able to grow properly.
Specifically, we recommend that you place your Ilex X Meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ & ‘Blue Princess’ in from full or deep shade (no direct sunlight or at most 2 hours per day), to little to partial shade (only 2-6 hours of direct sunlight a day), to dappled or moderate shade (under other plant’s canopy).
Season
Being an evergreen plant, the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination will be present year round in your garden.
But, you can expect it to have its ‘prime-time’ during the spring (late), the summer (early, mid, late), and during the fall.
Flowers
You can expect your Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination to flower around the spring, summer and the fall months from April to June (spring), from July to September (summer), and from October to December (fall).
The Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination produces some beautiful white, or pink,red/burgundy, orangepurple/lavender, and white flowers around this time of year.
Foliage
The leaves from the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination have a beautiful green color during most of the year.
In particular, they have a alternate and opposite organization in its leaves.
You can expect the leaves from your Ilex X Meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ & ‘Blue Princess’ to be around (1-3 inches) in size.
Garden
Does your Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination have any garden recommendations? Does it serve any gardening purposes? Here’s how you can get the most out of your new plant.
Most Ilex X Meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ & ‘Blue Princess’ owners agree that this perennial will look great in most contemporary, mediterranean, cottage, asian/zen and rustic gardens of all types.
Other owners consider that they complement well most gardens of informal and cottage, city and courtyard, and in traditional garden styles.
In particular, the Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination’s best location within your garden is in edging, beds and borders, and in patio and containers, others use it for landscaping in a privacy screen, wildlife garden, barrier, mass planting, urban garden, specimen, hedge, border, or a woodland garden.
Companion Plants
Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination’s do well with some other plants beside it. One good companion plant is the Pieris, which will pair up nicely with your leafy friend.
Others consider that a nice Symphoricarpus will work well too, so choose whichever you find works best for you!
Conclusion
So that’s it! These are the main plant care requirements that you need to keep in mind in order to have a healthy Berri-Magic® Royalty Holly Combination in your garden or home.
