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Old 22-05-2011, 11:36 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 22/05/2011 11:11, 'Mike' wrote:
We have Holly coming up which has seeded itself here, there and
everywhere.
Some of the Holly in the hedges has berries. The new ones coming up, any
way
of telling which ones are going to berry up?

Mike

I don't think so unless you can sex it at an early stage. I think that
even professional growers have problems, one such was giving away small
holly trees, they were all male of course, I cannot see them growing the
male ones purposely.

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:-(( That's what I thought. Fingers crossed ;-)

We had a massive Holly at our last house, which was always covered in
Berries. Someone from the church used to come and hack at it to decorate the
church each year ;-(( However when we had a big extension put right across
the front of the house, we had to chop it down. The house was built in 1840
and I am certain that the huge Bramley Apple in the back and the Holly in
the front were the first plantings of the new owner ;-}}

Mike
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