Sentences with holly
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H h - The dining room area was tastefully decorated with seasonal holly and candles and a sumptuous meal of turkey, ham, vegetables and cakes and deserts were served.
- The holly 's convex, glossy leaves contrast nicely with the Korean boxwood's flat, oval, lighter green leaves.
- As our Northern hemisphere counterparts are decking the halls with boughs of holly and getting ready for a chilly Christmas season, we're bunkering down for a long hot summer.
- We bought what appeared to be a healthy holly tree, planted it in a large pot and placed it on our patio.
- The most common materials used to make Christmas wreaths include branches of conifers, holly and mistletoe, while birch twigs look spectacular when sprayed silver.
- These days, we use the holly primarily as a structural evergreen shrub.
- A craft fair ensured many hand-made Christmas gifts were for sale and people were also able to order Christmas trees and holly wreaths.
- Add a Christmas wreath, holly, and bright red rope, and you'll have a project that will stand out and can be seen from blocks away when flooded with bright, white spot lights.
- If you simply must have an evergreen, then what about a variegated holly?
- The flowers are fairly small but numerous and are a satisfying contrast with the dark leaves of the holly tree.
- Avoid prickly leaves like holly or ones that are extremely fragile.
- According to British tradition holly could not be brought into the house before Christmas and had to be taken down by Twelfth Night to prevent misfortune.
- I've already hung up the holly, bows, wreaths, and mistletoes around the house strategically.
- The sharp, prickly leaves provide an effective deterrent, and the holly can be removed after a few weeks.
- Every garden should have holly with berries for Christmas.
- On Concorde to Barbados we got lovely Christmas gifts, one was an exquisite small Christmas cake with icing and holly decoration.
- Sprigs of holly and Christmas trees which have seen several winters are dusted out and they decorate the lobbies again.
- Winter birds prefer evergreens like holly and junipers, which provide shelter and food.
- HOLLY DEANE-JOHNS was in Bangkok when a tsunami hit Thailand's southern beaches.