Now is a great time to improve your winter landscape. If you’re looking to add a bright spot, try variegated false holly, an extremely tough, striking evergreen shrub, featuring brilliant cream-edged ...

What: Osmanthus heterophyllus “Goshiki,” also known as variegated false holly, is an extremely tough, striking evergreen shrub. Goshiki means “five colored” in Japanese and refers to the various ...

The glossy "holly-shaped" leaves and ruby red berries of English holly have brought a bough of cheer into a multitude of homes. But hollies are also classic winners in the outdoor landscape. Their ...

Bright and cheery in even the darkest corner, variegated shrubs play a vital role in the landscape, but Megan Galaher sees far too few of them in Northwest gardens. "Variegation adds those splashes of ...

Red and green are synonymous with decorating during the holiday season — and that’s partly because nature is awash in those colors this time of year. No group of plants exemplifies this better than ...

Every morning while waiting for my coffee to brew, I spend a few minutes looking out a kitchen window. No matter what the weather, my eye wanders across the garden and never fails to rest on the pale ...

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Perhaps the most popular holly grown in our area is the English Holly (Ilex aquifolium). This evergreen garden shrub is an outstanding ornamental that can be distinguished from its American ...

• Variegated false holly (Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Variegatus’) is a lovely slow-growing plant that can be used with garden railroads and in the house on tables and in other decor. Variegated false ...