YouGarden Pair of Holly Standards with Planters

What could be more perfect this winter than a twist on a Christmas classic? Create stunning festive displays, frame doorways and entrances or adorn patios and conservatories, with this pair of standard Holly Trees.

With a slight bluish tinge to the beautiful, deep-evergreen, classic holly leaves and with their rich red berries, they’ll look stunning for many years to come and what’s best is that these holly trees can be enjoyed year-round, not just at Christmas, thanks to their evergreen nature.

This new variety is a female (berry producing) form and is a very prolific berry producer*, so it will bud up and produce masses of rich, red berries in future years. These bushes are slow-growing and easy to manage – just one trim a year will keep that perfect lollipop standard tree form.

Each pair is supplied with a pair of classic 27cm diameter planters that have been hand-finished in a beautiful gold paint, each one unique, for you to plant your hollies into for maximum impact. This also makes them the perfect gift to give to friends, family or neighbours this winter.

*This female plant will carry berries in the autumn and early winter months. However, trees may arrive with artificial berries.

Specifications

• Supplied as a pair of 80cm-100cm tall pot grown
• 4 years old
• Trimmed to a lollipop style head
• Pair of plastic Gold-painted pots 27cm diameter, ideal for potting up into
• Availability: October to Jan
• Planting time: February to November
• Flowering time: April to June
• Fruiting time: October to December

Top Tips

Remember that birds love holly berries and will eat the berries as they ripen. While many people are happy to feed garden wildlife, you may wish to net your bushes if you want to keep the berries on them.

Care Information

• Hollies need almost no maintenance if you keep them well-watered for the first couple of years to enable them to establish.
• They are more or less trouble-free, with moderately fast growth.
• The more light that your holly receives, the more leaves it will produce, so plant it where it will get maximum light.
• To maximize berry production, it is worth investing in a separate, Male holly tree.