It is therefore not an ideal hedge plant if you want to use it in a particularly cold region or in an unprotected location. However, the laurel snowball is only moderately hardy, even if its name suggests otherwise. This immediately makes your garden much more vibrant, as the bayberry snowball attracts not only birds, but also insects to your garden. After flowering, the bayberry snowball then also has pretty, dark blue to black berries that birds love to eat. The time between the first buds and the wonderful flowers can last from December-January to April-May. During the winter, the flowers will slowly open and form large, spherical, white flower clusters, which is why the name of this plant also suggests a snowball. Laurel snowball (Viburnum tinus) is evergreen and especially in winter it shows its best side.Īt the beginning of winter, the laurel snowball has many, pink flower buds that grow close together. However, the branches of these plants are bare between November and January. Their numerous flowers will make your garden more colorful and at the same time announce the arrival of spring. For example, the yellow dogwood (Cornus mas) and the forsythia ‘Spectabilis’ (Forsythia intermedia ‘Spectabilis’) bloom already at the end of spring, when their branches are still bare. When it comes to early bloomers, we are talking mostly about flowering hedge plants that already show off their flowers at the beginning of spring. Laurel snowball (Viburnum tinus) is evergreen and especially in winter it shows its best side. This similarity goes so far that Japanese holly is often used as a boxwood substitute. Due to its small leaves, Japanese holly has much more similarity with boxwood. Although this hedge plant variety is related to holly, Japanese holly has a very different appearance. If you prefer a holly hedge with berries, be careful not to order specimens of Japanese holly (Ilex crenata). The subtle, white flowers on female holly varieties additionally add plenty of color to your garden in the spring. Incidentally, these two holly cultivars also stand out for their attractive blue-green leaf colors. The holly ‘Blue Prince’ (Ilex meserveae ‘Blue Prince’) should then pollinate the female holly ‘Blue Maid’ (Ilex meserveae ‘Blue Maid’). Holly ‘Hedge Fairy’ will then produce its first red berries in October or November. This will allow the ‘Hedge Star’ holly (Ilex meserveae ‘Hedge Star’) to pollinate the female ‘Hedge Fairy’ holly (Ilex meserveae ‘Hedge Fairy’) quite beautifully.
If you too would like to have a berry-bearing holly hedge in your garden, however, it is important to plant the appropriate male and female holly varieties next to each other. In addition, berry-bearing hedges are also always especially bird-friendly.
This color contrast makes for a colorful garden at a time of year when many gardens are bare and colorless. The dark green color of the leaves can provide a pretty contrast to the bright red berries in winter. All holly varieties in our assortment are evergreen hedge plants. The most important reason for using holly leaves as Christmas decorations is the fact that during the coldest time of the year they produce striking red berries surrounded by pretty, shiny leaves. Holly (Ilex) is perhaps even the most obvious plant variety to decorate for winter.
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