Will Holly Grow In the Part of the 
Country Where I Live? 
Holly is tough and will grow most anywhere 
in the United States with the following excep- 
tions: 
Holly will not grow in swampy ground. It 
likes drainage. If you can dig a hole in which 
water will stand more than two weeks at a time, 
the location is insufficiently drained for Holly. 
Holly will not grow in extremely wind-swept 
high locations; UNLESS you make use of na- 
tural evergreen windbreaks or plant where build- 
ings or stone walls protect the trees. Well pro- 
tected from the wind, Hollies have been known 
to grow in altitudes of 3,500 feet; and subject 
to temperatures of thirty below zero. 
Holly will not grow in desert or semi-desert 
regions. 
Will Holly Grow In My Kind of 
Earth? 
Chances are excellent, that it will. The fol- 
lowing suggestions are offered: 
Certain limestone sections of the east and 
certain alkali sections of the mid-west are not 
naturally adapted to holly, as holly likes very 
sour soil. Only if you spend many dollars on 
sour Oak Leafmold can you grow Holly in 
very sweet soil. 
Be sure to use lots of Oak Leafmold when 
you plant in spots where you have previously ap- 
plied lime or bone meal, as rose borders, etc. 
Remember that the more you water in ground 
with good drainage the more your trees will 
grow. Double the growth on a watered tree 
is not at all uncommon. 
Where In the Yard Should I Plant 
My Holly? 
Give your tree plenty of room if you wish 
it to grow to full specimen size. Perhaps a six- 
teen foot circle could. be allotted. 
Fast growing Hollies may be pruned to keep 
them at one constant size. However, we do not 
recommend that you keep them below six or 
eight feet in height or less than four or five 
feet in width. Hedge, box, and dwarf Hollies are 
more adapted to limited space. 
Holly prefers sun, but is happy in any amount 
of shade, though it seldom bears as heavily in 
shade as in sun. Holly in shade also seeks the 
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