Ferdie drilled me on the Japanese Holly. He had been repotting "Cyrtomium falcata" and showed me how dry the roots were, while amazingly, the leaves were all full and lustrous. A Jap Holly requires very little moisture and is often used in Xeriscapes because of l
low moisture requirements. Ferdie doesn't use Miracle Gro shit, but he adds ground pine bark and puts it in a partially shaded area of his garden. They only get repotted every once in a while. "Ignore them, and they will grow," he said.