If you want a showy holly, you can’t do better than American holly, also called Christmas holly (Ilex opaca).These are the ...

The American, being native, is an easier plant to grow, with the English holly sometimes struggling in our hot, dry summers. Be aware, these last two plants mature to be quite large, up to 50 to ...

Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata): A native of Japan, this species was once a common landscape shrub in East Texas. ‘Sky Pencil’ is sold but struggles during droughts.

Here is a list of the most common North American hardwood trees with links to their ranges, their identifying, and habitat descriptions, plus photos.

There’s on-going evidence of damage across the Midwest from the late/long fall and extreme cold that was experienced in mid-late December. We’ve observed some perennial evergreens, i.e., American ...

I find it challenging to keep the landscape vibrant and colorful during winter, but incorporating plants with vibrant berries can add a pop of color to the winter scenery. The Savannah holly ...

Nellie Stevens holly is hardy in zones 6 through 9, which gives it plenty of overlap with the hardiness zones of azalea. The flowering shrubs are generally perennial in zones 5 through 9, with ...

Spiky hollies, soft hollies, hollies with red, golden or black berries, towering hollies, short hollies — there's a holly for any landscape situation in Arkansas.