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.

Unlike other most shrubs we use in our landscapes, holly bushes seem to start off slow - growing little for the first three years. Then, they take off and it is at this time that annual pruning is ...

Hollies can take what’s called a “rejuvenation pruning” without harm, although they’ll look their best if you remove around 30% of each plant a year for several years in a row.

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 ...

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 ...

Some people are afraid of pruning; others are entirely too gung ho. Bad pruning is one of the most common mistakes made by novice gardeners and those who should know better.

Question: We have several large English holly bushes in our yard with gorgeous red berries. I’d like to cut some and sent it to out of state relatives and put some on the mantle etc.