Tip and Tricks on How to Grow Hollies
Do you love the look of hollies around the holidays?
Would you like to be able to grow your own hollies?
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone! We hope that you are making great memories with family, friends and loved ones. On this Christmas Day, you may be noticing how great hollies look.
Hollies can be the finishing touch as a center piece or they can welcome everyone into your home as they hang on the door. Wherever you decide to put hollies in your home, they add that something special as a holiday decorating addition.
We wanted to take some time to share with you a few tips and tricks on how to grow them. So, sit back, drink some coffee and enjoy these tips and tricks to growing hollies.
How to Grow Hollies
- Hollies are grown on both deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees. They have bright red berries with green foliage. Many hollies have foliage that is glossy and prickly.
- Shrubs and trees that produce hollies come in a male form as well as a female. The female plant is the one that produces the red berries. In order to do that there must be a male plant nearby according to Garden.org.
- The size of holly producing shrubs and trees can range from 6 – 40 feet. So make sure to check with the nursery when you select your holly producing shrubs and trees.
- Hollies generally prefer a site with full sun to light shade and moist, well-drained soil.
- Some species of hollies, such as inkberry (Ilex glabra), are adapted to wet areas.
- Most hollies prefer slightly acidic soil; however, some species, such as winterberry (I. verticillata), require more acidic soils.
- The best time to plant is either in the fall or spring.
- Make sure to have good spacing between your shrubs or trees. You will want to have at least 5 feet if not more.
- When it is time to plant, make sure to dig a hole that is almost 3 times the size of the root ball.
- Lastly, install aeration tubes along with your evergreen shrubs and trees. An aeration tube is a direct to root watering system. This product will provide your evergreens with water, oxygen and nutrients they need to survive and thrive.
From all of us at Rootwell Products Inc, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Please make sure to come back Friday to find out what to do with your Christmas tree after Christmas is over.
