Holly

In less than a square metre beneath my Holly tree I dug out 20 babes. Over the past I have dumped them when weeding but I reckon that's a shame to do and wondered what would be a better option. I could easily walk a few hundred metres and plant them along the hedgerows but the way the hedges are flailed these days I don't think I would be doing them a favour somehow

 

Hi Paladin,

As you can see from your own experience holly is a very hard tree to get rid off. You can smash it to bits and it'll still come back strong. Planting it in a hedgerow will be the ideal alternative to binning them, (although giving the plants away would also be suitable). It will be a while before the tractor and flail gets to trimming it, and then when it does it will make the holly thicker and prosporous.

 

Paladin,

Get yourself on ebay-you can make a bit of cash.

 

Thanks treesurfer I suppose that's the sensible option after all:thumb:

Lolli,you're kidding me!! I don't venture on e-bay,but do folk really sell such things as this???