Aim to prune holly bushes before the plant starts growing in spring. In areas with freezing winters, prune in February or March before new shoots and leaves develop. In warmer regions, you can prune ...

With more than 400 species of fruit-bearing trees and shrubs, hollies (Ilex spp.) range in size from trees that tower up to 100 feet tall to creeping prostrate shrubs less than a foot in height.

Holly trees are dioecious If you are looking for winter garden ideas or seeking shrubs with winter berries , you may be considering adding a holly tree to your plot. However, berries are not ...

Learn how to grow holly trees and bushes for income or decoration to add visual interest to any property. ... its cultivars range from dwarf forms to shrubs or compact trees up to 30 feet tall.

When one thinks of pruning, the vision that provides motivation is one of our gangly, oversized and/or misplaced trees and shrubs neatly trimmed, thriving, and just the right size. You know, the ...

Unlike other most shrubs we use in our landscapes, holly bushes seem to start off slow - growing little for the first three years. Then, they take off and it is at this time that annual pruning is ...

Shrubs serve many functions in the landscape. They provide the transition between shade trees and the lawn or other ground covers, and they provide the same transition between the house and lawn.

Q. Do all holly bushes have berries? — Julie, Goshen. A. Unlike most plants, which are capable of self-fertilization and setting fruit or seed all by themselves, dioecious plants are different ...

QUESTION: A few years ago, I bought some holly bushes with nice red berries on them. Unfortunately, they have never produced berries again. What could be the reason? ANSWER: Hollies are dioecious ...

This plant is dioecious; there are male and female plants. If you don’t have both, you don’t get flowers or berries. One male plant can fertilize several female ones — ideally when located ...