1. Soil: Ilex macrophylla can be cultivated in acid loam with fertile, moist and well drained
2. Fertilization: it needs to be fertilized in its growth period, and its leaves can be sprayed with phosphate solution. In the later stage of growth, it needs to be applied with some potassium fertilizer.
3. Light: it is not resistant to strong light. When the seedlings are just transplanted and the sun is quite hot in midsummer, certain measures should be taken to block the sun.
4. Temperature: it likes warm climate and has certain cold resistance, but it's better to build a shed to keep warm when it's cold in winter.
Ilex macrophylla is usually propagated by sowing.