Brighten your winter garden with colourful hollies. They're perfect as specimen shrubs, evergreen backdrops, hedges, topiary or even in containers. Despite the prickles, there's every good reason to strike up a cosy relationship with hollies. These bold, handsome plants are invaluable for year-round interest, but it's also fascinating to see the way their role changes according to the season. In summer, they're a steadying influence while all around is rioting, their stern solidity highlighting thefrothiness of other border favourites such as roses, peonies and poppies. Through the winter months, they're different beasts altogether, taking on a monumental quality in a relatively deserted landscape. On bright days they shine reassuringly, the sun bouncing off their glossy leaves and berries; on gloomy days they loom majestically.
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