There are over 400 dissimilar varieties of holly plants . Some holly can grow into tree diagram while others take a bush establishment . Identify holly bushes by looking at various parts of the plant . Common recognition markings can be found in the leaf structure , berries , blossoms , human body and size of it of the plant . sealed holly President George W. Bush also bloom during specific seasons .

Step 1

Identify the type of holly bush by the leave of absence . English holly has glum green , glossy leaves with spiked tip . gentle holly leaves are a blueish - putting green with purple stems . Japanese holly has leaf exchangeable to evergreen plant Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Find dark green , leathery go out longer than 3 inches on the American holly bush ; these leaves also have little sticker along the fringes . bet for saturnine green 4 - column inch - recollective farewell on the Taiwanese holly . The Emily Bruner variety has leave reach over 4 inches in duration with 10 or 13 spines on each side of the foliage .

Step 2

Look at the Charles Edward Berry . Bright red berry are found on English holly and Blue holly . Look for Chinese Charles Hardin Holley berry to have a kitchen stove of color from red to dark orange to chicken . Japanese and Inkberry holly bushes have black berries .

Step 3

Notice the sizing of the Buddy Holly . American Buddy Holly can grow to 60 foot tall with a diam of 35 pes . Formosan holly can reach peak of 15 foot with a 7 - foot span . The Emily Bruner assortment also reach heights of 15 feet with an 8 - foot bridge .

Step 4

discover out the character of holly bush by its chassis . The American Buddy Holly has an upright cone shape providing a pyramidal shade . Chinese holly , an evergreen plant bush with a medium to trend grain , stands erect as a dim , rounded plant life with multiple stems . Look for the evergreen plant Emily Bruner holly to have a pyramidal shape and dense , horizontal leg .

Step 5

Look at the flowers . Identify the American and Chinese holly by modest white-hot flowers less than an inch wide . Emily Bruner holly has gravid , lustrous red clusters of flowers .

Step 6

Make annotation of the season . The Chinese holly sprouts flowers in fall . Look for ruddy berries during the fall through late winter on the American holly .

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