Winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata) is the shrub that keeps your garden colorful long after most plants have gone dormant. By late fall, its glossy green leaves drop, revealing branches dotted with ...
Holly tree with red berries in snow - Nataliia Zhekova/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Evergreen hollies provide lush shades of green year-round, which is ...
Holly, with its distinctive pointed leaves and bright red berries, is a common sight at this time of year, at least on holiday cards and wrappings. Can you grow it in your garden? “That depends on ...
You may have read December’s article about the kinds of hollies we associate with the holidays. These are shrubs or trees that generally have sizeable glossy leaves, often with prickly points. These ...
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 as ...
Winterberries are mainly grown for their ornamental fall and winter fruit, which stand out particularly well after the leaves have fallen off this deciduous holly. However, I. verticillata is also a ...