Sky Pencil Japanese Holly Trees at Carmel Valley Park, Carmel by Ruth Paget
Out for a walk at the Carmel Valley Park outside Carmel, California, I used the Google lens app to identify flowers, shrubs, and trees around the park.
One of the most interesting trees I saw was a Sky Pencil Japanese Holly that had been trimmed to look like tapering columns on either side of the entrance to the Carmel Valley History Museum (open on weekends and just in time for the 2026 Carmel Valley Garden Show).
According to the Monrovia Nursery Site, these trees are rabbit resistant and can tolerate pollution. They are ornamental trees that can grow in tight spaces and tolerate pollution, making them good decorative plants for cities.
A photo and information about Sky Pencil Japanese Holly Trees follow:
https://www.monrovia.com/sky-pencil-japanese-holly.html
Happy Garden Strolling!
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games
