Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tall holly trees grow against a picket fence. - Grace Cary/Getty Images Holly might not normally seem like a large enough plant to ...

However, my go-to tall privacy screen is Nellie R. Stevens holly. It grows to 12 to 15 feet tall and 8 or 9 feet wide with very infrequent trimming. It actually can grow even larger in Southeast and ...

Q: What is the best way to feed and prune a number of Nellie R. Stevens hollies we planted five years ago in order to encourage vertical growth? A: Before I try to answer that, let me remind you that ...

: I see varying information. How tall will a Nellie R. Stevens holly grow? I need a short row of a screening shrub that will grow at least 10 or 12 feet tall. : Nellie R. Stevens holly would be ideal.

Q: My HOA has gradually been replacing ornamental peach trees along one of our streets with yaupon hollies. Would you recommend Nellie R. Stevens hollies instead? A: What a wonderful question — one ...

DEAR NEIL: If I wanted to grow a Nellie R. Stevens holly as a tree, how would I train it? I see nice shrubs in the nursery. What should I be looking for? Dear Reader: If you want a single-trunk tree ...