Holly decorations

Holly decorations from your garden

Decorate your outdoor space with our simple holly decorations Christmas festive ideas.

CHRISTMAS WREATH
Decorate a pine wreath with sprigs of holly snipped from the garden, and hang from your door, gate or hedge. This wreath came from Seasons Florists.

SIMPLE BASKET 
A small wooden container of freshly cut berry-laden holly needs no further
embellishment for your Christmas festive holly decorations. Leave the basket on
a bench or doorstep to brighten up a bare winter garden and greet visitors
as they enter the house.

CREATING A WELCOME HOLLY DECORATIONS
Make a seasonal Christmas decorating from a splash at your front door with a matching pair of pyramid-shaped holly bushes (standards would also look good). Or use this simple holly decorations idea like cheer up plain pots by wrapping them in plaid blankets or checked tablecloths to co-ordinate with the door colour. And when guests arrive after dark, light the way with tealights in glass lanterns. For details of the pine wreath on the door.

BERRY RING
Some varieties of holly bear glowing yellow berries perfect for your Christmas holly decorations.
Here, sprigs of Ilex aquifolium 'Bacciflava' are wired into a readymade wreath and set on a garden obelisk
or gate post.

DRESSING A HEDGE
The close trimming that a topiaried hedge requires reduces the chance of holly berries, so you can
introduces seasonal colour by tying on big red bows. Use netting for holly decorations, which withstands wet weather better than satin does.

BAUBLE HOLLY DECORATION

Make these charming Christmas displays from a single stem of Ilex aquifolivm U.C van Tol', as its smooth
foliage makes for pain-free decorating. Simply bend the pliable stem back on itself and secure with a twist of
florist's wire hung with a bauble to gleam in the sunlight.

Garden tips on top favorite holly berrie for Christmas decorating 

For topiary
1 Ilex aquifolium Britain's native 'Christmas holly' has dark spiny foliage and can reach 10 metres tall.
A female bears the berries, but a male bush is also required for successful pollination.

2 I. a. 'Alaska' Dense and naturally pyramidal with bright green foliage, this can reach five to 10 metres.

3 Ilex x altaderensis 'Balearica' Vigorous, tall tree or shrub, on females its glossy berries cluster between
smooth-edged, occasionally spiny, ovate leaves.

For variegation
4 Ilex aquifolium 'Madame Briot' Its long-fingered foliage is rimmed with gold, but it's very prickly.
5 I.a. 'Handsworth New Silver' Dense shrub, which could grow to eight by five metres, this has cream-
rimmed foliage and glossy red berries on the female.

For berries
6 La. 'J.C. van T6T One of the few self-fertile hollies, this is a reliable choice for berries, which crowd
along the stems beside spineless foliage.

7 I.a. 'Bacciflava' The female boasts bright yellow berries that birds tend to resist, and smooth leaves.
8 La. 'Amber' Tall and elegant with bundles of soft orange berries, this also has smooth leaves.