close-up of holly buds

they are the flowers sandra.... the berries come from the flowers in the Autumn...my big holly bush has lots of flowers coming this year...

My holly flowers have just come out :)

thanx holly how lovely i havent had flowers /berries before, its the second year so im made up ;o)
thanx weatherwise, glad you have them to ;o)

my other little holly bush also has a frew flowers comijng its in its second year as well......

well im made up cause wasnt sure if it was one that got berries ;o)

They do but no buds on mine yet.

everything in that raised border seems to do well, it must have been good topsoil we got and i always put a handfull off chicken manure in when planting carol

You will have your own for Christmas San .. :o)

wont that be great amy ;o)))

Hey! This holly is exactly same as mine! my buds are a bit wee-er yet though! I had about three berries last year San, hope you do better!

think i have a few buds on each branch so hope for a few at least, i love this varigated one karen, a bit more interesting ;o)

Yes, me too. I love the pinky new growth especially. I wish they would grow just a little faster though...I have four which I am trying to grow into a mini hedge.

yes very slow growers karen, you may be retired when you get your hedge lol ;o)

Thats lovely Sandra do you know what it is called as it looks like the one I have, mine has never flowered I think you are susposed too have male and female, dont know the sex of mine either , ive had it about 3yrs and it is growing very slowly!

i dont think i have the tag carole, but its a wee bit bigger this year,dont know how this has happened with buds then as i only have the one, i heard that to about having both male and female,

Excellent close up.........

cheers dotty.. ;o))

What do you mean San? I'm already retired!! lol!! living the life of riley here with my garden and my daft dog and no work!!

Oh I think it's 'Silver Queen' isn't it....

So that would be a male as the King is Female, a bit of cross dressing going on with the Hollies Lol!

lucky you karen wish i didnt work, its only 3 days but im fed up with hair after all these years ;o(
lol carole ;o)

yeah PP? I've always wondered why it is called Queen but has the male 'bits'!! Transvestite hollies!! Poor you San. Mind you, I think you hair folk do an amazing job. Getting my hair done is one of the best ways of making me feel better at 'blue' times! Keep up the good work....I'm glad you only do three days though....some time for your own therapeutic activity...gardening!!

lol karen, so i have a transvestite holly, thats great hahha,
ive always loved my job karen but after years of it now, 34 years to be exact, lol i get a bit bored with listening to moaning ladies who really have nothing to moan about, i find some i dread coming in because its doom and gloom, but i have some lovely ladies who are very kind and help me get through bad times ;o))

Oh, that's not so good. Sounds quite draining. You would do well to find a good holistic therapist and get a good massage once a month to let go of all that negative stuff. All that stuff from other people builds up in the body tissue and causes problems and if you are feeling dread.....definitely need to get rid!! ....did I tell you I am a counsellor by profession and I've just been for my physical 'getting rid' session today....painful but very therapeutic!!

your right karen i suffer with my neck terrible, all due to stress, it gets knots like golfballs, so painfull, baz is great at massage and it does help, also go for physio when it gets bad, i need theropy to hahah, its more than my job but thats another story, i have a problem son 24, but hayho its my son and i love him ;o) x

Oh, blimey, sons eh? I love mine too. He's not a 'problem'....yet!! lol X

I'm just going to send you a PM.

ok ;o)

Don't want to be a party pooper, Sanbaz, but just because it's got flowers doesn't mean you'll get berries - it might be a male plant, and even if its female, it'll need a male nearby - unless you can remember the name, you may have bought a unisexual variety, with any luck.

thanx for advice bamboo, dont worry if it has berries its a bonus and if not im ok with that as i love the leaves anyway, i have tried to find the tag but cant seem to , so im ok with whatever it may be ;o))

It is a lovely plant, I particularly like variegated leaves.

yes me to bamboo, thanx