Heavenly Scent Christmas Evergreens
Amateur Gardening|December 16,2017

Holly and ivy are long-time festive favourites, says Bob.

Bob Flowerdew
Heavenly Scent Christmas Evergreens

I’LL warrant that in almost any garden you’ll find several evergreens, and that’s without counting conifers. This is a huge change as in Britain we have very few common natives of either group.

That’s one reason the holly and the ivy – along with mistletoe – were traditionally so important for our winter decorations. Yew was taboo and, along with gorse, had other more important uses.

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