Red and green are synonymous with decorating during the holiday season — and that’s partly because nature is awash in those colors this time of year. No group of plants exemplifies this better than ...

It’s hard to imagine the winter holidays without holly and its shiny green leaves and cheery red berries. The use of holly as decoration has its origin in pagan culture but was readily adopted as ...

Readers who have visited the Pinelands (aka Pine Barrens) of South Jersey know that holly is commonplace. The plant is also found in the coastal plain of Maryland and Delaware. Here in the Ridge and ...