large green center which will be a berry if pol- 
inated. 
A female (berry) tree that is not in the vicini- 
ty of a male will at first lose its flower petals, but 
will retain its green flower center for a few days. 
Thus people who say, “I get green berries, but 
they fall right off,” are actually in need of a male 
tree. 
Male trees can sometimes be identified long 
after they bloom by the shriveled, dry remains 
of their flowers, which often cling to the branches 
for months. 
How Large A Holly Tree Can I 
Safely Move? 
An expert tree mover can safely move the old- 
est Holly living, but practically speaking the 
largest Holly that can be moved (without the 
cost of moving exceeding the purchase price of 
the tree) is 16 feet high by ten feet broad. We 
move and sell hundreds of trees each year, higher 
than eight feet and broader than five feet. 
What Is the Right Way to Plant My 
Holly? 
If you buy your Holly in a wire basket (Nature 
Packed) complete with leafmold and plant food, 
the planting is beautifully easy. See our folder 
on ‘Nature Packed” Holly. 
If you buy your Holly in a pot or with a bur- 
lapped root ere Wicewe Gdate jsyoue vehi ue potted. 
Leave the burlap on if burlapped. Great harm 
may be done by loosening the root ball in remov- 
ing burlap. Roots will go through burlap like a 
knife through hot butter. 
Dig a hole for your tree at least twice the width 
and depth of the root ball. 
Take the earth from the hole and mix it with 
an equal quantity of Oak Leafmold. 
Measure the depth of the root ball and fill the 
hole with the leafmold-soil mixture until by your 
yardstick the top of the ball should be an inch or 
so below the original ground surface. 
Place the ball in the hole and fill up to within 
a few inches of the top with the earth-leafmold 
mixture, then water well and fill the remainder 
of the hole with pure oak leafmold. 
With what is left of the leafmold-soil mix- 
ture, form a continuous dike a few inches high 
just beyond the outermost tips of the branches 
all the way around the tree. This dike will al- 
low you to put many gallons of water on the tree 
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