A wonderful choice for year-round interest in your garden Dark-green, glossy foliage similar to that of a holly tree gives its common name Holly Oak The spiny evergreen leaves provide a brilliant foil for other plants Young green autumn acorns adorn this Holly Oak and mature to a dark red before falling These acorns are popular with wildlife such as squirrels, whilst the spring catkins are visited by bees and the evergreen canopy provides shelter to birds Eventually growing into a large, rounded tree, this Quercus Ilex grows to 12x8m Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch. Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE
