While some might think of gardening as an activity for just the warmer months, experienced gardeners and plant lovers ...

Leaving aside its decorative appeal, holly had other uses too – fresh young holly growth was used as fodder for cattle and ...

The biggest and brightest berries on trees and shrubs, especially hollies, typically appear just in time to welcome the holiday season, making your landscape look merry. At the College of William and ...

Q: I need to know the spacing of male holly pollinators and their female counterparts. In my yard, if I space the male holly ideally from the females, it will get less than ideal sunshine. To get more ...

The holly, whose botanical name is Ilex, has for centuries played a large part in medical, superstitious and religious lore among such ancient and disparate groups as the Greeks, Romans, Druids and ...

At our house this week, we're celebrating the Holly Berry Bonanza. As a result of winter's multiple freeze-thaw cycles, last fall's rock-hard holly berries have turned into nice, soft munchies that ...

Q: I would like to see more berries in my garden in winter. What kind of holly would you recommend? As well, what other plants should I consider? SW: Although the red berries of the holly bush are an ...

As I was trimming holly branches to bring in the house, I wondered if I’m destroying the berries for next year. Are they like hydrangea and only bloom on old wood (or new growth, depending on the ...

What to do this week: Continue cleaning up and raking debris from lawns and flower beds. Pull mulch back from the trunks of shrubs and trees and from emerging bulb and perennial foliage so it is not ...

GARY BACHMAN/MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION'Southern Gardening' TV recently featured the Savannah holly that is outdoing itself across the state this year. Its colorful fruit load can weigh ...