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Bare Root Holly Plant - Description
- Bare Root Holly Plants
- Native Irish Plants
- Traditional Red Berries
- Bundle of 10 Holly Plants
- Latin Name: Ilex Aquifolium
- Common Name: Holly, Green Holly, European Holly
- Current Size: 40 - 60cm in Height
- 3 Year Old Plants
- Single Stem Plants
- Plant May Be Male or Female
- Best Spacing Between Plants - Anywhere From 30cm to 60cm
- Depending on Thickness of Hedging Desired
Delivery - Important Note - Please Read
- We can only deliver orders of this product by Fastway couriers
- Please do not choose DPD as your courier for orders containing this item
Bare Root Holly Plant - Characteristics
- Size when fully grown: 12 - 15m
- Can be kept trimmed to form a hedge
- Evergreen plant which retains it's foliage in Winter
- A hardy plant, able for cold Winters
- Shinny, glossy leaves with spiny edges
- Reddish bark with deep contours
- Undulated leaf margin
- Female holly plants: Red berries appear in Autumn
Bare Root Holly Plant - Uses
- Can be grown as a specimen plant
- Or sow as a hedge
- Works great when planted in a native hedgerow
- Plant with whitethorn, blackthorn & hazel
- Use holly to provide evergreen colour to hedgerows
- Spinney foliage makes for a good boundary plant
- Grown for Autumn berries & Winter displays
Bare Root Holly Plant - Facts
- Holly is native to Ireland
- Commonly found in woodlands & hedgerows
- While berries help get wild birds through the Winter, they are poisonous to humans
- Because of Holly's evergreen leaves & it's ability to survive the harshest of Winters, it was considered sacred in ancient times
