Time it right and make the best cuts with these simple tips for pruning holly bushes of all types. Related: The 12 Best Pruning Shears to Keep Your Garden in Check. When to Prune Holly.

When one thinks of pruning, the vision that provides motivation is one of our gangly, oversized and/or misplaced trees and shrubs neatly trimmed, thriving, and just the right size. You know, the ...

Our holly bushes are really big and seem a little out of control but we sure do not want to loose them. ... Like most deciduous and evergreen shrubs, pruning is best done annually.

If we never pruned a Nellie R. Stevens holly, it would grow to be 20 feet tall and 12 to14 feet ... your plants haven’t grown so large that that kind of pruning would disfigure and denude them.

Learn how to grow holly trees and bushes for income or decoration to add visual interest to any property. “The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, / The holly branch shone on the old oak wall ...