Conkers.

they will grow in a pot or in the ground.
I have two conker trees in the garden and not seen a ripe conker in the last two years the Rats with fluffy tails eat the lot around july/August while they are still soft on the trees plus all the crocus bulbs I planted a month ago. There are times when i dont know why I bother

Ohhhhhh... sorry to hear the rats by which you mean squirells i think, eat your bulbs and conkers.....thats only nature i suppose..... i love the wildlife coming into my garden..........

you obviously dont have them in plague proportions as we do

Should grow Holly. They're really easy, usually. My boys planted one many years ago and I still have the tree in a pot.

Will look forward to the Spring when they will start to grow.........