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Posted by setigera 7Ga (My Page) on Sun, Jul 8, 07 at 11:29
| My stepdaughter lives in Canonsburg PA. We visit several times a year. Always bring up plants from ATL to add to her landscape. Wish to add one of the new Hollies (Oak Leaf). Always tricky for me due to the cold up there. Does anyone in the Pittsburgh area grow the Oak Leaf Holly? Developed by a nursery in Mississippi, I'm a little concerned. Thankyou! Love your state.... |
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RE: Oakleaf Holly
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| I don't have experience with the plant but have experienced Pittsburgh winters. I think they are like zone 5/6 but it's been a while since I lived there. If the holly is good for zone 6 and she has a sheltered spot it might be good to go. I love YOUR city/state...and for years my daughter has lived there. She moved home in January and in early Spring kept telling me how dismal the yard was...it was all just brown. I said...WAIT! I think she did not quite get perennials...she expected to wake up one morning in Spring and find loads of bloom. Come May she was feeling more like Spring in Atlanta I guess. She loves Atlanta too and misses it sorely. |
RE: Oakleaf Holly
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| While not from the Pittsburgh area (we live in southcentral PA) I do have an oakleaf holly. Mine had winterburn this last year and lost most of its leaves. I am happy to report, however, that it has recovered quite nicely so far this year. |
RE: Oakleaf Holly
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| Seems even the hardiest of hollies got winterburned this past season. I have several oakleaf in my yard but I too am a bit further south. |
RE: Oakleaf Holly
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Zone: Northern Virginia-
I have 3- 8ft. Oak Leaf hollies planted in large cedar containers on my terrace. They produced a small crop of berries the 1st year, but have not seen any berries in 3 years? I was told they are hermaphroditic and did not need male and female trees to produce berries.
I spray them all with Wilt Proof just before the first frost-usually late Oct. here. This has greatly reduced the winter damage I experienced the first year. I prune and fertilize with osmacote for trees and shrubs(Late April or May) What could be the problem? |
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