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

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

Compacta Holly, also known as Compact Japanese Holly, is an evergreen ornamental shrub for hardiness zones 6-9. It has an upright habit with an oval, compact form. Inkberry Holly ...

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 ...

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.

With more than 400 species of fruit-bearing trees and shrubs, hollies (Ilex spp.) range in size from trees that tower up to 100 feet tall to creeping prostrate shrubs less than a foot in height.

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, ...

Plant explorers of the 19th and 20th centuries introduced hundreds of eastern Asian plant ... weeping cherry trees, Japanese maples, ... One of these is “Ilex pedunculosa,” the longstalk holly.

Sky Pencil is a cultivar of the Japanese holly Ilex crenata. Sky Pencil has a unique, very narrow, upright growth habit that looks great in the garden as an accent plant, and it has quickly become ...

Another outstanding native is yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria), classified as a small vase-shaped tree or large shrub reaching 15 to 25 feet in height.When the berries are not present, one might ...