Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marc Guitard / Getty Images Just one sprig of holly with its glossy, serrated leaves and red berries can transport an arrangement ...

It’s hard to imagine the winter holidays without holly and its shiny green leaves and cheery red berries. The use of holly as decoration has its origin in pagan culture but was readily adopted as ...

The weekend after Thanksgiving, I start the task of decorating for Christmas, a tradition I love. Lots of greenery from the garden and the woods is used. Magnolia is a favorite as is boxwood, holly, ...

American holly is an iconic plant associated with winter holiday festivities. Following are questions I have received about its ecology and its connection to Christmas. Q. We experience a backyard ...

Like mistletoe and poinsettia, holly is an iconic plant associated with holiday festivities in winter. Each year, I receive questions about these prickly leaved trees with red berries. Some are about ...

WILL some learned botanist, or Darwinian theorist, kindly inform me through the columns of NATURE why some holly berries appear obnoxious to birds? This is a great holly neighbourhood, and there are ...

American holly is an iconic plant associated with winter holiday festivities. Following are questions I have received about its ecology and its connection to Christmas. Q. We experience a backyard ...