Established trees can create a challenging environment for other plants, so opting to grow resilient shrubs underneath them ...

Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) is an easy evergreen shrub to grow and looks similar to boxwood. It mimics many of the benefits of boxwood but without the pest and disease issues - making it a great ...

Good fences make good neighbors.” The narrator of the famous Robert Frost poem “Mending Wall” wonders why his neighbor favors ...

One of holly's greatest assets lies in its landscape potential, which is limited only by your imagination.

PLANTS are in some respects like men and women : their eccentricities as well as evil manners live in brass, while their virtues we write in water. When one hears of Japanese trees, it is not the ...

I am considering planting a Japanese holly or a Japanese kerria. The site is west-facing with large oaks to the south and northeast. The area is shaded in the summer, ...

Why are they dying? When should I plant replacements? Lane Carlyle Sky Pencil is a cultivar of the Japanese holly Ilex crenata.

Trees are available in a standard or weeping form (Pendula). Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta) and Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) are two groups of non-native hollies that are well adapted to Florida ...

Japanese holly cultivars such as Green Luster, Helleri, and Soft touch are all low-maintenance, low-growing shrubs excellent for full-sun to part-shade locations.

Japanese holly is one of the most commonly used shrubs in such a situation. It grows well in sun or light shade and is very tolerant of pruning -- it is often managed by cutting it back to a foot ...

What: Unlike most other Japanese hollies, which are mounding or spreading shrubs, “Mariesii” heads straight for the sky, creating a dark green exclamation point in the garden. Crowded on its ...