nursery holly repot and major pruning

[will0911]

Got this holly today and thought it had good taper. Took a few pictures too!

ROOOOOOTS.......

Not sure on the front yet but ill let this guy recover before I do anything else.

Comments welcome

Will B.

 

[Tadakun]

isn't that a boxood?

 

[will0911]

Nope its a holly...that's what I thought when I first saw them but its definitely a holly!

 

[will0911]

Boxwoods generally have a good rootspread a softer older looking bark that's flaky and this has smooth bark and the roots are swollen and tangled underneath like holly.

 

[CitizenSnips]

It looks to be ilex vomitoria, yaupon holly

 

[CamdenJim]

It looks to be ilex vomitoria, yaupon holly

Or ilex crenata - Japanese Holly. The 'helleri' variety is pretty common and masquerades as boxwood pretty easily. The Yaupons I know have a slightly different leaf shape.

 

[Kevster]

A very easy was to tell the difference between boxwood and holly is boxwood has an opposite leaf pattern and all hollies have alternating leaf patterns.