The glossy "holly-shaped" leaves and ruby red berries of English holly have brought a bough of cheer into a multitude of homes. But hollies are also classic winners in the outdoor landscape. Their ...

When I was little, Momma had us make Christmas wreaths with Ilex cornuta, perhaps the most prickly of all the hollies, pinning those stems to straw wreath forms. Another standard, Eastern Red Cedar, ...

A. There are several good choices of varying heights. Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta) can be used in a hedge or as a single small tree. Many varieties of this species bear heavy crops of large, red ...

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The protected niche formed by Ewell Hall (and warmed by the College's underground steam tunnels) shelters a verdant alley of hybrid hollies (a cross of Ilex cornuta and Ilex pernyi) and two windmill ...

- dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental ...

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