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Name: Leon Indiana (Zone 5a) Light is the shadow of God!              TBGDN Dec 26, 2015 6:01 PM CST |
This is Blue Holly (Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Girl'). Both male and female plants are needed for berries. My problem is that birds and my roaming chickens have finished 'harvesting' the berries before Christmas gets here! Lux Umbra Dei |
Name: Catmint/Robin Maryland (Zone 7a)           Catmint20906 Dec 26, 2015 7:13 PM CST |
Lovely!  "One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards” ― Thalassa Cruso |
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset North Fl. (Zone 8b)        flaflwrgrl Dec 26, 2015 7:13 PM CST |
| Lovely Leon! I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown ~~ |
Name: Paul Utah (Zone 5b) Grandchildren are my greatest joy.         Paul2032 Dec 26, 2015 7:26 PM CST |
Lovely....you are taking us to school Leon  Paul Smith Pleasant Grove, Utah |
Name: Jean Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F   rocklady Dec 26, 2015 7:45 PM CST |
  Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day. "The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam |
Name: Leon Indiana (Zone 5a) Light is the shadow of God! TBGDN Dec 27, 2015 6:56 AM CST |
Thanks everyone. I don't know about school: I feel that I'm the 'student'. I worked all summer to save a good crop of holly berries for Christmas. But as they began to ripen and turn red the birds and my 'free ranging' chickens made short work of them. So I got stuck with what was left for a banner!  Here are two of the 'bandits'. I hate to pen them up: Looks like I will have to install some netting next year if I want Christmas Holly!  Lux Umbra Dei |
Name: Jean Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F rocklady Dec 27, 2015 3:49 PM CST |
Leon, that is one splendid rooster! I chuckled when you said you got "stuck" with the holly. I get stuck with ours, too!  Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day. "The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam |
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset North Fl. (Zone 8b) flaflwrgrl Dec 27, 2015 6:28 PM CST |
| I agree. I am not overly fond of roosters but that is one handsome devil!!!! I can easily see him being eye candy to the hens. I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown ~~ |
Name: Leon Indiana (Zone 5a) Light is the shadow of God! TBGDN Dec 27, 2015 7:20 PM CST |
He is really a big baby and will feed out of my hand if it's something he really likes. I enjoy leaving them run loose, but they tend to get into the 'wrong' places sometimes, especially the holly berries and the tomato patch. Yes he is popular with the hens, Ann. He calls them whenever he finds a bug or something good to eat. I've had to keep them up lately because of hawks in the vicinity. Lux Umbra Dei |
Name: Arlene Southold, Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)     pirl Dec 27, 2015 7:38 PM CST |
| Love the banner and that rooster is stunning, especially the design on his chest! |
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