White Holly or Holly?
Matt
>Can someone tell me if there is a difference between "white holly" and "holly"? Are these two seperate types just like walnut and black walnut, or are they the same? Thanks. Matt
White Holly or Holly?
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Michael Stadulis, in Gloucester County, NJ
>The "Christmas card Holly" is American holly which has the botanical name of Ilex opaca, and it has a very white wood. I suspect that someone's reference to it as "white holly" is their attempt at marketing the wood's color. English hollies are just as white, but they may not get as large.
Mike
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Barbara Gill, Remlik VA
>Sometimes holly will have a gray heartwood. I just sawed one of two hugh chunks of holly last week. The boards are 14 1/2" wide (not my holly :-(). Most have a very interesting heartwood pattern. The two smaller pieces are mostly white. Drying holly to keep the whiteness can be a challenge. I was told the other day that vacuum drying will keep the white the best. I have kiln dried and air dried holly under a tin roof both with good results.
