Q: Those beautiful red berries that enhance the winter beauty of my holly bush are missing this year. Why? A: Broad-leaved evergreen holly foliage is attractive and glossy, particularly in winter, ...

In the late 1950s, Mrs. F. Leighton Meserve developed the Ilex x meserveae hybrids from the parents of Ilex rugosa (prostrate holly) and Ilex aquifolium (English holly). For her work she received the ...

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 modest ...

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

A: Now is a fine time to transplant any tree or shrub. The cooler weather means the plant’s demands for water are less and new growth is stalled. Have the new hole dug first, that way the holly can go ...

Q.: Our holly bushes are really big and seem a little out of control but we sure do not want to loose them. Is now a good time to trim them and how far back should we trim? Robert Gizowski, Freeland A ...

This is the time of year when happy memories of Christmases past start surfacing — especially those of my boyhood when we relied on nature for our holiday trimmings. When I was growing up on Johns ...

Ensure lush glistening green landscaping through the winter by giving this shrub a properly applied layer of mulch before the ...