With fruit colored orange, yellow, black, and white in addition to the familiar red, sometimes lasting six months or more, hollies are ideal ornamentals. Hollies represents years of research by one of the giants of American horticulture, covering all the hollies in cultivation with descriptions of many of the 30 deciduous and 780 evergreen species, including upright trees of 60 feet to creeping prostrate forms.
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If given the exciting task of designing a new landscape--whether a small space garden or vast acreage--it is likely the majority of gardeners will consider including hollies. Galle's guide to the genus Ilex presents a delightfully balanced yet comprehensive study of these remarkably varied plants. After a bit of legend and lore by a founder of the Holly Society of America, informative chapters reveal myriad ways to use hollies in the garden, for topiaries, and as bonsai. In addition to providing extensive botanical background, an expansive section describes hundreds of species in a definitive format, with the book's final section devoted to recommendations for culture and propagation. Galle provides home gardeners with the advice necessary to select plants of appropriate size, hardiness, and cultural requirements. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. Alice Joyce
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"Fred Galle has struck a fine balance between the academic and applied portions of the text."—Pacific Horticulture, Spring 1999 (Pacific Horticulture )
"A wealth of information for avid amateurs, students, educators, and other professional horticulturists." Choice, March 1998 (Choice )
"A wealth of information for avid amateurs, students, educators, and other professional horticulturists." Choice, March 1998 (Choice )
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Hollies : The Genus llex,
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A must read for the Genux llex lover! This work covers, in a beautifully detailed manner, all aspects of working with and growing Hollies. A wonderful reference that will be read again and again.
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There are few groups of trees and shrubs that possess such a fascinating and diverse background as do the plants belonging to the genus Ilex or, as they are more commonly called, hollies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fruits vivid red, leaves dark olive green, moderate olive green, pedicels reddish, inflorescences fasciculate, tips aristate, inflorescences axillarv, margins subentire, upright pyramidal habit, inflorescences axillary, divaricate spines, good fruit display, compact columnar habit, evenly spaced spines, vigorous upright spreading habit, fruits grayish brown, holly breeding, fruits reddish orange, briefly acuminate, fruits vivid orange, branchlets glabrous, branchlets light gray, compact conical habit, elliptic lenticels, good fruit clusters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
People's Republic of China, United States, Fred Galle, North Carolina, National Arboretum, Randy Allen, New York, West Virginia, South Carolina, Callaway Gardens, Grace Hybrid Group, Arnold Arboretum, Clarendon Gardens, Guangxi Province, Blue Maid, Long Island, Pacific Northwest, Chien-chu Chen, Glen Saint Mary, Bennett Hybrid Group, Tingle Nursery, Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Introduced Ligneous Plants of Taiwan, Monrovia Nursery New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
There are few groups of trees and shrubs that possess such a fascinating and diverse background as do the plants belonging to the genus Ilex or, as they are more commonly called, hollies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fruits vivid red, leaves dark olive green, moderate olive green, pedicels reddish, inflorescences fasciculate, tips aristate, inflorescences axillarv, margins subentire, upright pyramidal habit, inflorescences axillary, divaricate spines, good fruit display, compact columnar habit, evenly spaced spines, vigorous upright spreading habit, fruits grayish brown, holly breeding, fruits reddish orange, briefly acuminate, fruits vivid orange, branchlets glabrous, branchlets light gray, compact conical habit, elliptic lenticels, good fruit clusters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
People's Republic of China, United States, Fred Galle, North Carolina, National Arboretum, Randy Allen, New York, West Virginia, South Carolina, Callaway Gardens, Grace Hybrid Group, Arnold Arboretum, Clarendon Gardens, Guangxi Province, Blue Maid, Long Island, Pacific Northwest, Chien-chu Chen, Glen Saint Mary, Bennett Hybrid Group, Tingle Nursery, Plant Introduction Station, Glenn Dale, Introduced Ligneous Plants of Taiwan, Monrovia Nursery New!
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- The Garden in Winter by Rosemary Verey in Back Flap
- World War II: Opposing Viewpoints (Opposing Viewpoints Ser) by William Dudley on page 324
- Trees and Shrubs (WI Creative Gardening Series) by John Kelly in Back Matter
- William Turner: A New Herball (Part 1) by William Turner in Back Matter
- Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles (Volume I: A-C) by W.J. Bean in Back Matter
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- Hollies for Gardeners by Christopher Bailes in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Plant Life: Growing a Garden in the Pacific Northwest by Valerie Easton on page 190, and Back Matter
- From a Victorian Garden: Creating the Romance of a Bygone Age Right in Your Own Backyard by Michael Weishan in Back Matter
- Mid-Atlantic Gardener's Guide: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. (Gardener's Guides) by Andre Viette in Back Matter
- Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Michael A. Dirr on page 134
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