Holly is an evergreen shrub with spiked, glossy leaves. It is fairly widespread throughout Exeter and is very easy to identify when you do find one. The bright red berries are probably the most known thing about Holly, but during the spring they have lovely white flowers which are great for bees. The berries are poisonous to us, but often gobbled up by hungry blackbirds.
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A variegated variety of Holly - which means the leaves have the white / yellow markings
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A busy honey bee pollinating the flowers
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Flowers of Holly
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The flowers are beginning to form into the fruit (berries)
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A close up of the young fruit
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A close up of the leaves
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