Moved into a house in January, the snow melts and I have 2 plants, 8 feet apart, maybe 14 inches tall.
Evergreen, solid green leaves, foliage looks like a holly, woody stems, but Buffalo is a liminal zone 6- closer to a 5. We're 1/3 mile off of the Niagara, so we're a slightly warmer microclime.
Is it a holly, do you think? (Guessing, no pictures, sorry.)
I'm from a zone 4, but I did school in Philly, and this looks like a holly.
2007-03-20 10:13:54 · 4 answers · asked by LabGrrl 7 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Nope, no berries.
2007-03-21 02:46:22 · update #1
The only thing I can think of other than a holly is a mahonia. It is pretty easy to tell: if you cut the stems and the sap is yellow it is probably a mahonia. Also it should flower sometime soon (though it may have done it already) with clusters of small yellow flowers.
The only other thing would be a berberis but most of the ones I know of are deciduous.
Could well be a holly too from your description. I don't suppose there are any berries of any sort on it?
2007-03-20 15:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by SonoranDesertGirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm growing some holly plants in my yard in semi-shade and I'm in zone 8. So it probably is holly it is a large family and some varieties are more heat tolerate than others.
2007-03-20 18:59:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely Holly.
2007-03-20 17:19:15 · answer #3 · answered by Dotr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know
2007-03-20 19:10:24 · answer #4 · answered by Ash c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋