Archived Gardening Message Boards

Topic: Flowers & Ornamental Plants

<< Back to message boards home
<< Back to Flowers & Ornamental Plants

View Thread:
holly plants

holly plants
Posted by liz ray from ME on 2001-04-07 07:47:15

We live in a snowy state and this year for the first time deer ate our holly plant. It is an 11 year old shrub and was huge and beautiful. Now it is bare on almost all its branches. How do we save it?

liz's holly

  • Reply to this message >>

    holly
    Posted by Jerry Digman from 5b on 2001-04-08 12:25:19

    Leave it be.

    It did fine there for 11 years. It ought to recover on its own.

    Quoting liz ray: ------------
    -We live in a snowy state and this year for the first time deer ate our holly plant. It is an 11 year old shrub and was huge and beautiful. Now it is bare on almost all its branches. How do we save it?
School Garden Grants, Fun Activities, Lessons and more at - www.kidsgardening.org

NGA offers the largest and most respected array of gardening content for consumers and educators. Learn more about NGA »

— ADVERTISEMENTS —