Holly is Rich in Christian Symbolism: In Christianity, holly is believed to represent the crown of thorns that Jesus wore during his crucifixion, with the red berries symbolizing the drops of blood.

Just one sprig of holly with its glossy, serrated leaves and red berries can transport an arrangement from “any day” to “holiday.” But are holly berries poisonous to pets or children that ...

It’s hard to imagine the winter holidays without holly and its shiny green leaves and cheery red berries. The use of holly as decoration has its origin in pagan culture but was readily adopted ...

Red berries are plentiful as they are also on Nellie R. Stevens holly, another small tree with dense glossy dark green leaves. Nellie Stevens needs some room as it potentially will grow to 30 feet ...

‘Savannah’ holly is an upright holly tree that grows to 25 feet, with a spectacular show of red berries in the winter and small white flowers in spring. Has several soft spines on each leaf.

The red flash of holly berries will be missing from most people's traditional Christmas decorations this year because the trees have "taken the year off". Holly farmer Nick Coller, from the ...

Those red berries are an important winter food source for birds. Butterflies, moths and bees love the summer flowers. In 2012, toyon was also named the official city plant of Los Angeles (suck it ...

English holly (Ilex aquifolium), with its glossy, dark green or variegated foliage and its brilliant red (or, less commonly, yellow) berries, is considered by many gardeners to be the most beautiful.

Mr Coller farms 100 varieties of holly on five to six acres (two to 2.5 hectares) near Ludham. The trees take a couple of years to produce berries and the wet conditions and warm spring in 2023 ...

Two main types of holly with red berries shine in winter floral arrangements, wreaths and garlands, and Christmas centerpieces to bring the outside in with red, green and, ...

Mr Coller farms 100 varieties of holly on five to six acres (two to 2.5 hectares) near Ludham. The trees take a couple of years to produce berries and the wet conditions and warm spring in 2023 ...