Ilex serrata

treeman · Post by **treeman** » February 19th, 2019, 3:21 pm

Japanese winter holly. It requires a male and female plant to set good fruit.
Hopefully I can keep the birds away and see the fruit on the bare branches...
It's only a few years old.

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Post by **Steven** » February 19th, 2019, 3:25 pm

Very nice Mike.

Mine have suffered in the Summer heat. Do you have any growing tips to share?

Regards,
Steven

treeman · Post by **treeman** » February 19th, 2019, 4:01 pm

Steven wrote:Very nice Mike.

Mine have suffered in the Summer heat. Do you have any growing tips to share?

Regards,
Steven

Drying out will harm them badly. semi-shade when hot

KIRKY · Post by **KIRKY** » February 19th, 2019, 5:37 pm

Very nice tree Mike, is it seed grown or cutting? Do you sit it in a water tray in summer?
Cheers
Kirky

treeman · Post by **treeman** » February 20th, 2019, 10:05 am

KIRKY wrote:Very nice tree Mike, is it seed grown or cutting? Do you sit it in a water tray in summer?
Cheers
Kirky

Cutting. No tray but I keep a close eye on it.

Rory · Post by **Rory** » February 20th, 2019, 10:08 am

that's very nice Mike

Boics · Post by **Boics** » February 20th, 2019, 3:31 pm

Cool tree!
I love flowering and fruiting varieties.
Adds some great interest and imagination.

MJL · Post by **MJL** » February 21st, 2019, 6:54 am

Yep, lovely little tree.

Bonsai teaches me patience.
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treeman · Post by **treeman** » May 22nd, 2019, 1:15 pm

I needed to keep in a cage and the fruit is still on it..

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KIRKY · Post by **KIRKY** » May 22nd, 2019, 1:26 pm

The birds are free, the tree's are caged what we will do to keep the fruit on our beautiful tree's

well done Mike

Very nice tree. Will need to look out for one.
Cheers
Kirky

Gerard · Post by **Gerard** » May 22nd, 2019, 1:39 pm

KIRKY wrote:The birds are free, the tree's are caged what we will do to keep the fruit on our beautiful tree's well done Mike
Very nice tree. Will need to look out for one.
Cheers
Kirky

You will need to look for 2, (a male and a female)

Rory · Post by **Rory** » May 22nd, 2019, 4:24 pm

Pffff.... its fake. He's cunningly hidden the super glue out of the photo.

They're just stuck on the tree with glue. That old chestnut.

And there are clear skies in the photo for Victoria.... fake

KIRKY · Post by **KIRKY** » May 22nd, 2019, 8:39 pm

Happy to get two Gerard, the problem is finding them

Cheers
Kirky

MJL · Post by **MJL** » May 22nd, 2019, 9:03 pm

Really interesting - Treeman’s is a lovely example. When I don’t know a tree I often just look into the google-verse to see examples - I found one magnificent tree at Bonsai Empire but many other pictures with Jabba trunks that don’t seem balanced (to my eye). I’ll take Mike’s slender example for inspiration. Even if the fruit is glued on!

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Pearcy001 · Post by **Pearcy001** » July 28th, 2019, 10:18 pm

Mike - or anyone else for that matter.
Has anyone had much success propegating Ilex serrata from root cuttings?
My Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata) used to throw suckers from surface roots regularly, so I'm presuming these could be similar - although I never actually tried root cuttings.
I hope the fruits lasted for you this season Mike!
Cheers,
Pearcy.

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