Patti O Box^® Japanese Holly Ilex crenata

I bought 2 "Patti O'Box" hollies in fall 2024 and wound up buying 4-5 more replacements by May 2025 due to EVERY SINGLE LAST ONE OF THEM dying no matter where I planted them with the roots purposely roughed up along with a little Espoma soil acidifier (elemental sulfur) granules to lower the pH in each spot within my garden beds. Literature claims that hollies need acidic soil. My garden beds have customized soil that's mostly topsoil with about 30% compost and maybe 5% earthworm castings & coconut coir for a little extra moisture retention. I also planted one in a container with regular unaltered potting soil. Yep, that one died, too. My neighbor took one that was half-dead to plant in his yard of lesser quality soil than what I have along with the dead branches pruned out and after having soaked the root ball in a bucket of water. That one finished dying in less than 2 weeks. "Patti O'Box" holly is the absolute ONLY plant that I literally can't keep alive on my property for more than 2.5-3 weeks despite having well over 350 plants that I personally planted by hand in my yards in the past 2 years during my major landscape renovation. Crispy or fallen dark brown dead leaves on branches of completely dead wood are what I wound up with. This usually indicates a dry root ball, but I always kept these plants' spots moist and in full sun in my sub-tropical climate in zone 8 SE Virginia that gets above average annual rainfall (44-49" annually). I am BAFFLED as to what this plant really wants in order to survive outside of its nursery pot with its roots bound and can't imagine anyone being able to keep this plant alive in a true, good quality garden setting outside of its nursery pot. Maybe it does best in neutral to alkaline soil with very little moisture/watering. Maybe it prefers regular, unamended ground dirt, sandy soil or clay soil with sparse to no nutrients. Maybe it doesn't want to be cared for like literature & websites claim hollies need to be cared for. All of my other younger/smaller hollies have thrived and needed a LOT less babysitting. What I do know is that "Patti O'Box" hollies thrive in their nursery pots with their roots bound. All of the hollies were bought from locally-owned garden centers and were at least 3' each and thick when I bought them, which is a rarity. I really wanted this plant. That's why I bought so many replacements for it and am so disappointed. All I ever wanted were 2 of them.