Though summer may be coming to an end, there's no reason you can't decorate your garden with a bright and bold display of colour even in the winter. Set to create a "breathtaking" contrast to the ...

Readers question: Marjorie, from Guisborough, has a holly tree in her garden that has never produced berries despite flowering. She wonders why this might be, and would like to know if, apart from ...

DEAR NEIL: I bought two yaupon holly trees for my yard. One has a great crop of berries every winter. The other has never had the first berry. What can I do to get it to bear fruit? Dear Reader: My ...

Britain has been basking in one of the warmest autumns on record but that is all about to change... if the tradition of holly trees signalling the arrival of a bitter winter is to be believed. So far ...

American holly is an iconic plant associated with winter holiday festivities. Following are questions I have received about its ecology and its connection to Christmas. Q. We experience a backyard ...

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 ...

The red flash of holly berries will be missing from most people's traditional Christmas decorations this year because the trees have "taken the year off". Holly farmer Nick Coller, from the Broads in ...

THERE are many plants associated with the myths of Christmas but few have such a long and varied history like the venerable holly tree does, unless of course you are a gardener who has the unlucky ...

Right up there with Christmas trees and mistletoe, hollies are the plants most closely connected with any holiday on the American calendar. After all, Bing Crosby sings "The Holly and the Ivy," not ...

Holly trees are full of bright red berries this year which can only mean one thing – a harsh winter is on the way. Peter Hutchison 16 November 2010 • 6:30am Holly trees are flush with the poisonous ...

Think roast turkey without stuffing. Or the pudding without brandy butter. Tragic, but it may be about to happen this Christmas: holly without berries. Across much of Britain, bright red berries are ...

Irish holly stocks are continuing to be plundered for Christmas decorations and Crann, the voluntary organisation promoting the planting of trees, has asked the public to report any stripping of trees ...