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 ...
The Pernambuco holly was discovered again in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco after being presumed extinct for 186 years. Scientists in 🇧🇷 Brazil have re-discovered a tree species, known as the ...
GENEVA, Ohio — In the northeast corner of Ohio, Paul Hanslik found his niche. He grows holly trees. Lots and lots of holly trees. "We have about fifty species of holly. Anything that can be grown in ...
Right up there with Christmas trees and mistletoe, hollies are the plants most closely connected with any holiday on the American calendar. After all, Bing Crosby sings "The Holly and the Ivy," not ...
Like mistletoe and poinsettia, holly is an iconic plant associated with holiday festivities in winter. Each year, I receive questions about these prickly leaved trees with red berries. Some are about ...
Howard Garrett / Special Contributor There are a great many holly choices, but some are better than others. Here are the best of this group of excellent evergreen shrubs and trees. Dwarf yaupon holly ...
Q: I have seen a tree with very heavy, small red berries. It reminds me of the Florida holly weed or Brazilian pepper tree that we had in Broward County. But, I heard it doesn't grow here in North ...
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The most famous tree in York County looks only half alive. Gone are the days when the American holly along the Susquehanna River stretched strong and stately some 65 feet tall. The tree near the ...