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.

You can grow holly bush varieties that mature at almost any desired height, from dwarf to 50 feet (10m). These evergreens may be hardy in USDA Zones 5 through 11.

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 ...

Golden Oakland® Holly is available from garden centers and online retailers as potted plants for early spring or fall planting. Space plants according to their mature width of 12 to 15 feet.

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 ...

When my wife and I moved into our house we had a nice eight-foot holly bush on the corner of our house. It fit the landscape well so we got busy with other garden projects. After 25 years this ...

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 ...

These are shrubs or trees that generally have sizeable glossy leaves, often with prickly points. These hollies represent a few members of the huge Ilex family that includes more than 550 species ...