As much of the world enters into a season of festivities and celebration, it can be a delight to encounter holly in your everyday life and understand a bit more about this powerful genus of plants!

Holly and Berry Tinsel - The Range

This length of tinsel is the perfect Christmas decoration as it's just so versatile - hang it on the tree or use it to add colour to your window or mantel, the choices are endless. Perfect for draping over bookshelves, mirrors, mantelpieces, and more, as well as wrapping around your bannisters or tree.Fun Fact: The fruit of Carolina holly is more elliptical than round , which can help to distinguish this variety from American holly, which is often growing nearby. Tinsel is a classic decoration associated with Christmas, so when you see beautiful tinsel on your tree or around the house it gets everyone into the festive spirit.

Holly Tinsel - The Range Festive Holly Tinsel - The Range

Fun Fact: Longstalked holly is salt-tolerant and able to thrive even in areas where there is significant air pollution . When these branches of green leaves and red berries are cut, they are primarily used as an ornamental Christmas holly plant in winter plant displays along with spruce tips, boxwood, and Eucalyptus. Fun Fact: Deer and 18 species of birds eat the red berries in the United States according to the USDA.People can easily recognize this plant with its green leaves with bright red berries – but there is a lot of variety within the genus, too. In Celtic mythology, the Holly King is often woven into lore as a giant and often linked to the “green man” archetype of Arthurian legend. We have a huge variety of colours, sizes and styles on offer, that makes decorating your home so much easier this Christmas. People planted holly outside their door, believing it would prevent lightning from striking the house.