A Good Plant: Ilex Opaca, The American Holly
by Albert Burneko on Adequate Man, shared by Albert B from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3S58S)

It has been a rough year for my five little holly trees, transplanted last spring from a nursery to the muddy, weedy slope of the western edge of my home property, along the stupidly long driveway.