The difference between boxwood and holly

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1. Differences between branches and trunks

2. Differences in leaves

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Branches: Boxwood is cylindrical, gray-white, pubescent or hairless on both sides. The branches of holly are light green and hairless. Leaves: boxwood is opposite, broadly elliptical, ovate-elliptical, broadly obovate or oblong, with a rounded or blunt apex, while holly leaves are alternate, elliptical, oblong, ovate or lanceolate, with a tapered apex. tip.

1. Differences between branches and trunks

1. Differences between branches

The branches of boxwood are cylindrical and gray-white in color. The smaller branches are quadrangular, with pubescence all over or no hair on the two opposite sides. The branches of holly are also cylindrical in shape, and the color of the twigs is light green, all of which are hairless.

2. Leaf differences

Boxwood leaves are leathery, opposite, and Broad oval, oval oval, broad obovate or oblong, the apex is rounded or blunt, often with a small notch, not sharp, the base is round, sharply pointed or wedge-shaped, and the lower half often has fine hairs. The leaves of holly are mostly single and alternate, rarely opposite, and are leathery, membranous or papery. It is oval, oblong, ovate or lanceolate, with an acuminate apex, a wedge-shaped or blunt base, and sometimes the young leaves have serrations.

2. Differences in leaves

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