Wow, I'm impressed...in the time it took me to look at your pic, type my answer, take a couple of sips of wine, and check out the next person on American Idol (we're fast forwarding thru 8 episodes tonight!), you posted 2 more pics!

I could get pic right this sec. I dug up one of the plants. But the thing is it was left in my car too long and sorta fried..haha...I still have it and its still green but its drooping.

tsugajunkie z5 SE WI. I teased the roots, like I usually do with plants when I buy them, but was unsure about how much I should do. I've only cut into miscanthus roots after purchasing, but I know their root system is much different than conifers so didn't want to damage the conifer. ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5. There was construction material in the soil where we now have our beds so we had that removed and then added soil from other parts of the yard mixed in with compost. A student at the university here tested the soil after and said it wasn't suited (my husband relayed this info with no numbers:)) for the acid-loving plants that we love:), hence the hollytone. I haven't fertilized it but we added leaf compost as mulch after planting, and of course the hollytone mixed in. I'll follow your suggestions...thanks Ken.

.... primary reproduction is bulblets and it's difficult to get rid of all of them. Yes, a valuable warning based on the few sources I checked after learning what it was. I was not clear that "dispose of" meant the entire plant, bulbs and all.... and not in the compost bin.