Japanese holly winter care
anita55
17 years ago
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Comments (2)Probably root rot. Try seeing if Kentucky Cooperative Extension can provide diagnosis....See MoreJapanese Holly - transplant
Comments (6)So to help this topic along, as mentioned above I have transplanted 6 holly all approx 4foot wide by 4 foot tall on average. I have seen the majority of the root balls to be quite extensive. We had a tap root actually running horizontally and on one holly actually was 7 foot long while other taps were 4-5 foot in length. The ball again extensive but majority of the ball was under the drip line. Or in other words the ball extended only 3 foot from the trunck. Now this could be because of our mountainous, Rocky, red clay and concrete like soil properties. Tough as nails to dig! I would assume with more loose and far better soils the tap would do its typical vertical run below the ball. We saw bigger root balls when after the 2nd transplant we pulled them out rather than digging out. At first we dug at least 2-3 foot outside the drip line and found after we pulled the rest there was a whole lot more to the root ball. So the remainder of the Japanese Holly we used my truck, wrapped the trunks in a slick and thick black plastic so as not to tear the bark and ended up with far more of the root ball using this pulling process than the digging process. But that's just the way we did it. Not everyone will chose this method. We found this to be far less time consuming and far more effective in getting more of the root. So, using a tow strap we did a slip knot with plastic wrapping the trunck then put the truck in low gear and with ease (1/2 ton F150) slowly creeping pulled 95% of the ball right out. So if possible I would try to pull out rather than dig out with a spade. But that's just how we did it. If you can't get a truck in that area and or the tow strap won't reach them your only bet is to use a spade, yes. But keep in mind like we have witnessed, the tap can sometimes run horizontal and be 3 times longer then the holly is wide or tall. Our holly was 4 foot wide by 4-5 foot tall and its tap was 6 foot and some were even 7 foot long. But I live in western North Carolina. Soil content is different here than most. I hope this helps some....See MoreJapanese Holly Fern in Zone 6
Comments (4)You can see a photo of my holly fern on my webpage I just threw together this morning to show family some of my flowers and plants. Mouse-over the photos to see the names: http://www.geocities.com/knottyceltic/BarbsGarden.html I would plant your Holly Fern outdoors as it will get bigger and more lush than it will indoors even though you get to see it all year indoors. The Holly Fern in the photo has tripled in size from last summer and is VERY pretty. I kill house plants just by looking at them but I'm having very good luck with ferns and hostas as they don't need much more care than just water and shade. My soil is powdered clay mixed with sand with a natural gravel substrate so it doesn't hold water very well. I water about every other day either in early morning or just after supper. If you have humous soil your fern will do better and you will have less watering to do than I do up here. Barb Ontario, CANADA...See MoreJapanese Holly (Ilex Crenata Compacta) Turning Brown After Pruning
Comments (9)My memory is vague but I recall prior discussions on gardenweb, about some cultivars of Ilex crenata being prone to this kind of dieback. I suspect the stress of pruning, and possibly a late freeze which you might have had this year, make a lingering case of Phytophthora root root flair up. Nevertheless they are not acutely sensitive: the woods near my house here in very rainy Cecil County have naturalized ones, and they never ever show this kind of dieback. This is nothing like a Rhododendron 'Nancy Evans' that would be guaranteed to die on its own roots, anywhere south of coastal New England, due to a lack of resistance to Phytophthora. Once established they are pretty drought tolerant and watering wouldn't have been helpful....See Moreanita55
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