When it comes to versatile, low-maintenance plants that provide year-round beauty, hollies stand out as a quintessential choice for Southern gardens. These evergreen shrubs and trees offer glossy ...

Making plans for holiday decorations? Consider Ilex opaca, commonly called American holly, which has held special meaning since ancient times. The Druids of Britain and France considered it sacred, ...

Stroll through a park or nature preserve, your neighborhood or even just around your yard and keep your eyes open for berries. Then say happy holidays to Ilex, the family that brings us so many ...

Looking for new trees to fill a bare space in your backyard during the cooler months? Spring and summer aren't the only time you can work on growing new plants for your garden. In fact, winter is the ...

While some might think of gardening as an activity for just the warmer months, experienced gardeners and plant lovers recognize that gardens and landscapes have something to offer in all four seasons.

If you want to get into the “Christmas spirit” and enjoy walking and hiking the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Alabama, then "Let’s Go Outdoors" to find the holly tree. An evergreen (meaning it ...

Wintertime in North Florida is a good time to install cold-hardy plants in the landscape. This allows the roots a little time to adapt to their new environment before warm weather stimulates the plant ...

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 ...

From Christmas decorations to classic holiday songs like “Deck The Halls,” holly is a traditional part of the Christmas season. It’s pointy-edged, dark green leaves and bright red berries are commonly ...

There are five different kinds of holly trees in Europe, and all are evergreen. The only holly that William Shakespeare would have known is the species called “European holly,” or Ilex aquifolium, ...