A blue plant that is also drought tolerant and a pollinator magnet is a true treasure. Sea holly (Eryngium planum) has all these features and more, making it a must-have for border gardens.

If you have ever looked at a holly plant, you may have noticed that some leaves have smooth edges while others have spiky, pointed ones. Interestingly, some holly plants display both types of ...

Variegated false holly (Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Variegatus’) is a lovely slow-growing plant that can be used ... and the leaf margins are spiky like holly. Tiny white tubular flowers, which ...

Common Holly - Ilex agulfolium - Large evergreen ... Fuschia-flowered Gooseberry - Ribes speciosum - Fruit bush, spiny, produces greenish to greenish-pink flowers in clusters of two or three.

Holly plants such as the Christmas holly are beautiful shrubs that make excellent mixed ... Christmas holly with its red berries and glossy, spiny leaves. But there are many other types, including ...

Evergreen shrubs have a reputation for being dull ... Others, such as the Hedgehog Holly, are super-spiny, with prickles on the surface as well as the edge of the leaf. The variegated form ...

English holly certainly looks festive this time of year, with its dark, spiky leaves and bright red berries. But as recently reported in High Country News, the invasive plant poses a significant ...

This quality of rattlesnake master deeply impacted the trajectory of another native plant, the yaupon holly tree. Indigenous nations across the Southeast drank the now infamous yaupon holly-based ...