Holly, Soft Touch Japanese HollySoft Touch Japanese Holly is a soft textured evergreen shrub with a rounded habit and small dark green spineless leaves that have a thin silver mid vein. The inconspicuous flowers in spring to give way to small black fruits in fall which last through winter. Best planted moist, slightly acidic well drained soils. Hollies are dioecious and need both male and female plants to produce fruit. Type: Shrub Origins: East Asia and eastern Russia Height: 2' 3'