While holly trees, or Ilex, are deemed to be some of the easiest evergreen trees to grow, if you have a specimen without berries it can be disappointing, especially during the holiday season. If you ...

It’s hard to imagine the winter holidays without holly and its shiny green leaves and cheery red berries. The use of holly as decoration has its origin in pagan culture but was readily adopted as ...

If you take hardwood cuttings from this Christmassy native tree in December, you'll have hardy saplings ready for planting in ...

Recently our new neighbor gave Mary Alice a bouquet of American holly to use in decorating our home for Christmas. The American holly became known as the Christmas bush due to its history in ancient ...

Like mistletoe and poinsettia, holly is an iconic plant associated with holiday festivities in winter. Each year I receive questions about these prickly leaved trees with red berries. Some are about ...

Like mistletoe and poinsettia, holly is an iconic plant associated with holiday festivities in winter. Each year, I receive questions about these prickly leaved trees with red berries. Some are about ...

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

Right up there with Christmas trees and mistletoe, hollies are the plants most closely connected with any holiday on the American calendar. After all, Bing Crosby sings "The Holly and the Ivy," not ...

Age-old holiday traditions may have holly and ivy ushering in the festivities. Still, if you pay attention to the lyrics of ...

The weekend after Thanksgiving, I start the task of decorating for Christmas, a tradition I love. Lots of greenery from the garden and the woods is used. Magnolia is a favorite as is boxwood, holly, ...

It seems Christmas tree farms benefit from the fact that Mississippians like to pass down the tradition of choosing and cutting their own trees.