[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
RE: TH: Hollies
Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
-------
Hollies (Ilex sp.) are all dioecious (male flowers and female flowers
separate) and unisexual (plant is either male or female). One must have a
male plant in proximity to a female plant (1/4 mile or less I would
estimate) in order to get fruit. Look at the flowers closely to determine
sex of your plant. No stamens means it is likely a female, stamens and
anthers means a male and you will never get fruit on the male plants.
Good luck!
On Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:33:56 -0400 (EDT),
Tree-House@majordomo.flora.com wrote...
> Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
> -------
>
>Please help me understand the holly pollination. Which sex gets the
berries
>or do they both get them? I have a nice holly aside my house but even
>though
>it is loaded with blossoms every year I never get any berries. I'm not
sure
>where the nearest holly in the neighborhood would be if any. What do I
need
>to do to get berries? Or if it is the wrong sex will it never get berries?
>
>Thanks for any enlightenment.
>
>Bob
>
>
**************************
J L. Johnson
johns345@maroon.tc.umn.edu
**************************
"Your Future is just your Past waiting to happen."
"Now Here" or "No Where"? Your Choice.
by: J. Cruickshank
Loveland, Colorado