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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

How to grow holly – tips for growing, planting, and maintaining the classic Christmas shrub

Holly bush covered in snow in a garden.

Hollies are really low maintenance and beautifully structural plants. They are mostly evergreen and can be grown as either trees or shrubs, boasting distinctive ornamental leaves year-round, white flowers in summer, and then red berries in fall and winter that are forever linked with Christmas. 

There are hundreds of different types of holly globally and most are either male or female, so you will need one of each to ensure that flowers are pollinated and you get the red berries that hollies are loved for. 

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