Forum home› Plants
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

holly tree

Secret SquirrelSecret Squirrel Posts: 533
in Plants

When cleaning my border, I found growing a wee holly tree. It must have germinated from next doors berries. I carefully dug it up and put it in a pot. It still looks OK. Will it start growing again in the spring?

Posts

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,136

    Yes - how exciting image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Secret SquirrelSecret Squirrel Posts: 533

    Thanks dove, I even showed by neighbour. He was cuffed to bits too.

  • trillium2cvtrillium2cv Posts: 71

    50:50 chance of it being a female and bearing berries though.

  • TootlesTootles Posts: 1,469

    Is holly quite slow growing?

  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923

    it can be, but give it good soil and good growing conditions and once its established it can stick on a foot of growth a year

  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    Edd, the trees are either male or female, not both together. The busy bee buzzes from one to the other, doing what comes naturally. But not every year is a good berry year, and not every female tree is a good berry-bearer.
  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    Sorry Edd I read it as plants being both male and female rather than either male or female!! I shall put my brain in next time.
Sign In or Register to comment.