1. Today in the Garden of a Lifetime: Sky Pencil Holly, Blizzard after Blizzard
(A Gardening Journal)

Another week, another severe weather alert. Still more plans get changed, either prudently ahead of time—or regretfully and after the fact, as Nature makes day-to-day life impossible despite our ...

2. Today in the Garden of a Lifetime: Gold Cone Juniper vs. Sky Pencil Holly: Tall & Toppled
(A Gardening Journal)

  The weight of nearly two feet of snow is a test for any plant that normally stands tall. Only those with short side branches angling downward from a single strong central trunk are completely ...

3. Today in the Garden of a Lifetime: Sky Pencil holly
(A Gardening Journal)

  Talk about a bad hair day!  The wind from Hurricane Sandy caused my 'Sky Pencil' holly to sway back and forth so vigorously that the twine failed that had been holding this bush into its ...

4. Sky Pencil holly
(A Gardening Journal)

"Pencil" evergreens often have trouble keeping themselves together after a heavy snow.  I keep mine rail-thin all Winter despite the weather, with a quick spiral of twine from bottom to top—and ...