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Question about Blue Prince/Princess hollies ..... #49491 May 5th, 2006 at 11:54 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 North Georgia Starla in GA OP Member
OP Starla in GA Member Joined: Mar 2006 North Georgia	How many boy per girl plants do you need? I am thinking that I will need about 10-15 plants to cover an ugly fence , so am wondering how many boy/girls I need to get. Also does anyone know how fast they grow?? Thanks so much!!!

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Re: Question about Blue Prince/Princess hollies ..... #49492 May 5th, 2006 at 10:18 PM
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melcon6 Member Joined: Sep 2002 Coastal Maine	I'm pretty sure you only need one boy!

Re: Question about Blue Prince/Princess hollies ..... #49493 May 5th, 2006 at 11:22 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut J johnCT Member
johnCT Member J Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut	I would get more than 1. You probably won't get adequate pollination with just 1. I have read a 4 to 1 ratio of males to females. I have 1 blue prince and 4 blue princess and have very good production.

Re: Question about Blue Prince/Princess hollies ..... #49494 May 6th, 2006 at 12:23 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 North Georgia Starla in GA OP Member
OP Starla in GA Member Joined: Mar 2006 North Georgia	Thanks! I was thinking it was 1 per 4/5 but wasn't sure. How fast have yours grown? The tag says moderategrowth rate ....I would LOVE for them to get big FAST lol.

Re: Question about Blue Prince/Princess hollies ..... #49495 May 6th, 2006 at 12:37 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut J johnCT Member
johnCT Member J Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut	They have grown rather quickly. Which is what I wanted as they are planted to provide a wildlife-friendly, evergreen hedge around a large unappealing electrical box.

Re: Question about Blue Prince/Princess hollies ..... #49496 May 6th, 2006 at 12:41 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut J johnCT Member
johnCT Member J Joined: Aug 2005 Connecticut	Starla, looking at your pictures, that is a rather disturbing photo of that white cat reaching into the nestbox. I hope you would consider taking the box down off the fence and putting it on a pole with a predator baffle.

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