nursery holly repot and major pruning

will0911

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

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ROOOOOOTS.......

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

Comments welcome

Will B.
 

will0911

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

will0911

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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.
 

CamdenJim

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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.
 

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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.
 
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