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[ducks4you]

Dunno. Guess I wouldn't buy from This nursery.

 

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Dunno. Guess I wouldn't buy from This nursery.

Right. Not buying from them again.

 

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Had someone dig 15 holes for me.
The 12 giants are planted and watered in!
Should block out the neighbors once they fill in.

 

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Two holes were mostly rock.
I'll pick those out, then mix rabbit poo with what's left, then plant the hollys.
Placed them where they should help block the crazy wind that flipped the ac unit.


52mph winds flipped it.

 

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Got 4 barrels, dirt to mix for the rocky holes, and then ordered some spigot and irrigation parts to use the barrels as drip irrigation for the trees. Doing it by utv uses a lot of gas idling.

 

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Dry fitting the hollys.
Funny how they "shrink" once in ground.
They'll eventually lock wind.



my sad sticks. There's some green and bend to lower branches.

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

They may look small now…But…You know the old saying..”The first year they sleep the second year they creep the third year they leap…soon you’ll be trimming them back, guaranteed .

Holly’s are a great tree to guard the house and garden. Some standard types grow wild here up to 75’. I have a few of the Japanese variegated varieties. Lovely leaves green with white trim , green with cream trim, and bright red berries in winter. I have several different types of holly trees/shrubs deciduous and evergreen. Small and large. This below pic shows an evergreen Japanese Holly sporting a clematis thruout the summer. When winter arrives the holly stands alone with bright red berries.

 

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They may look small now…But…You know the old saying..”The first year they sleep the second year they creep the third year they leap…soon you’ll be trimming them back, guaranteed .

Holly’s are a great tree to guard the house and garden. Some standard types grow wild here up to 75’. I have a few of the Japanese variegated varieties. Lovely leaves green with white trim , green with cream trim, and bright red berries in winter. I have several different types of holly trees/shrubs deciduous and evergreen. Small and large. This below pic shows an evergreen Japanese Holly sporting a clematis thruout the summer. When winter arrives the holly stands alone with bright red berries. View attachment 73477View attachment 73478

I don't trim anything except fruit trees. Wild n beautiful only. Would defeat the purpose, too. They're only 10-15 high and ift wide hollys. Need all of that and more to block wind.

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

You wild thing you. I am very happy to see how your garden is developing over the seasons. I use the trimmings from holly’s just small tips to make holiday wreaths, swags and even place holly with red berries in the holiday tree. They last for weeks especially in winter when the garden is asleep, color in the garden is cheerful and uplifting during the cold days of winter.

Here we are in spring all the birds have gobbled up the all the holly berries and ready to nest here and there in their usual places. The hummers prefer a thick English holly shrub no sharp edges on leaves to nest yearly.
Happy Trails and Happy Planting..