It prefers growing in a location that provides full sun, morning sun with afternoon shade or morning shade with afternoon sun and grows best when planted in sand, loam, clay or silt soil that is well drained. It attracts visual attention and is resistant to deer, drought, insects, diseases and heat.Click to see full answer. Similarly, you may ask, do deer eat Holly pencils?ANSWER: Pencil holly is native to Japan and we are only able to answer questions about plants native to the United States. However it is my personal experience that, unless you provide protection for your plants, deer will eat most of them. how quickly does Sky Pencil holly grow? Sky pencil holly is a slow-growing, columnar shrub that can grow up to 10 feet tall, with a width just a small fraction of that. When one of these holly shrubs reaches 6 feet tall, its width may be only 14 inches at the widest point. Beside this, which hollies are deer resistant? Effective Hollies according to Rutgers University, is American holly or Ilex opaca, a native plant grown both as an evergreen shrub and as a tree that can reach 50 feet in height. Also top-rated for deterring deer are the two “Morris” hollies–John T.How do you fertilize sky pencil holly?Fertilize Sky Pencil hollies in spring with one pound of 10-6-4 or special broadleaf evergreen fertilizer per inch of trunk diameter. Spread the fertilizer over the root zone and water it in. Established plants need watering only during dry spells.