When my husband and I first saw our current home, I fell in love with the property as much or more than the house.

The sloping yard, characteristic of the Piedmont Region, included scores of magnificent blue spruces (Picea pungens) native to the central and southern Rocky Mountains.

What I didn’t appreciate was the half-dozen native American hollies (Ilex opaca) scattered around the yard.

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