Keep these tips in mind when pruning your holly bushes to help guide your cuts. 1. ... Before pruning, have a good sense of the mature shape of your holly shrub. American holly, for example, ...

In woods less than 50 feet from the Connecticut Turnpike is a single American holly tree, almost hidden amid a tangle of oak and maple, cherry and cedar. Not more than a handful of people likely ...

The holly, whose botanical name ... Romans, Druids and American Indians. ... hybrids and cultivars of all sizes and shapes, from dwarf holly shrubs in rock gardens to trees up to 50 feet tall. ...

When choosing shrubs for privacy in your landscape, look for ones that grow densely, ... American holly is a large evergreen shrub that can grow 40 to 50 feet tall and 20 to 40 feet wide.

Explore our selection of shrubs for shade to find the perfect addition to your space, including flowering plants, evergreen bushes, and more. ... American holly produces small, ...

Consider Ilex opaca , commonly called American holly, ... This family is on every continent except Antarctica and Australia and contains more than 400 species of shrubs and trees, ...

Because of the bold leaves and fruit, the American holly has spawned myriad cultivars that offer a wide variety of leaf coloration and patterns. ... deciduous woody vegetation, shrubs, ...

Some of them have large foliage like their American holly parent, and some have smaller foliage like their Dahoon parent. Most are small trees or large shrubs and have showy fruit and attractive ...