Dear Reader: To my other readers: Some hollies, including yaupons, bear their male and female flowers on separate plants. Therefore, you must know when you choose your plant whether you are ...

The males, like the females, do bear flowers, but neither male nor female holly flowers are worth a second look unless you want to peer closely to determine the sex of the plant.

Hollies can be used to augment any design, adding contrast, texture, color and structure like few other plants. They range in size from very short, 6 inches tall to a 70 feet tall towering giant ...

Hollies flower on old wood and new wood carries foliage, next year's flower buds and additional stem. Pruning that removes new wood does not affect the production of flowers and the berries this year.

Ditto with the hollies. You may see few to no flowers and berries this season from the severe "deer pruning," but holly are also pretty good about pushing out new buds from the inner, remaining wood.

There are hollies with variegated leaves, such as the English holly, Ilex aquifolium “Ferox Argentea.” Most hollies produce red berries, but some produce orange, yellow and even black or white ...

I don’t know what causes bountiful berry years for Burford as well as hollies that need pollination, but I have some guesses. If there’s a hard rain when the flowers are open, it harms the ...

Hollies are prunable, and rich in symbolism and superstition. When you choose a holly for your garden, think about its natural shape, habit and eventual size. Skip to content ...

Hollies are common landscape plants and even more common holiday decorations that belong to the incredibly diverse genus Ilex, which contains over 400 species, both evergreen and deciduous, that hail ...