Hints and tips:
...Holly, when mulched regularly, is surprisingly fast growing but it is literally a pain to topiarise, however thick your gardening gauntlets....
...Molesworth “rowed out” box, yew and holly, creating a makeshift nursery to grow the plants in before moving them into their final position....
...Consider laying a garland down the middle of your table, or bookending with large vases filled with holly, crab apple branches or other festive greenery....
...Johnstone’s compelling Henry starts tentatively, trying on the crown both literally and metaphorically for size....
...Druids practised rituals in oak groves, ancient kings wore crowns of oak leaves and the tree is a national symbol of strength....
...The decision taken by the Crown Prosecution Service was to take no further action.”...
...Our decorating starts with us gathering holly, ivy and rosemary from the garden. This is a classic, elegant way to bring the magic of the season indoors....
...How can I dress the table, beyond holly and pine cones? Well, holly is certainly an excellent start. Good greenery is the very foundation of Christmas decorating....
...Four people were arrested and two interviewed under caution last year as part of the inquiry, and investigators have passed five files of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service....
...“Houses for sale in Chiswick are few and far between,” says Holly, a long-term local resident who did not want to give her last name....
...Crown princes may come and go, but us Belgravians hang on in there.”...
...Holly (Ilex aquifolium): slow-growing. Uncomfortable to maintain....
...The function of the hydrant is revealed in the cap that crowns it, looking suspiciously (surely accidentally) like a fireman’s hard hat....
...The clue to its antiquity is in the lines that say: “Of all the trees that are in the wood/ the holly bears the crown”....
...Crown Paints has a range called Gothic Revival or you can visit the Stencil Library for some patterns....
...What led to the Democrats cancelling a television debate between presidential candidates and saw Sean Penn, Holly Hunter and Jay Leno appear in a series of dialogue-free short films? 34....
...Sir Ian Blair, commissioner of the Metropolitan police, was forced to make a public apology to the parents of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman for saying the Soham murders had received excessive media coverage...
...Pity the poor old English holly....
...The RNC's crown jewel, however, was a mouthful: “Fulfilling America's Promise: Building a Safer World and a More Hopeful America”....
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