Big Big Holly. Does anyone know of any bigger?

[Will Hinchliffe]

Last week I was told about a big holy on a job we were going to be working on. I got to see it yesterday. Its really big. We measured it at 18m tall and a diameter of 1.34m.

 

Does anybody know of any bigger hollys ?

 

Any one want to take a guess at its age ?

[tommer9]

Wow mate, thats an amazing holly. The tallest i have ever seen in the deep valleys in cornwall ws about 25 foot- about 9m? It was in appalling condition and being held up by an oak.

[Bart]

Thats a big Holly

 

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[Big J]

A real corker!

 

There is a ride on the estate with a series of large holly. Not quite as large as that, but the largest is a single stem at perhaps 13-15m tall and 60cm diameter. Keep meaning to measure all the huge trees here, but always forget.

[gibbon]

Thats a beast.

 

Tom, did you mill the Holly I sold you yet?

[tommer9]

Milled one of the pieces about 2 days ago. Ill keep you posted...

[dangerous brian]

Shes a beut we worked a big one in a cemetary not as tall as yours but had more canopy and this one was in first class condition,heavy stuff and horrible to chip.

[Stephen Blair]

yikes, i thought it was a beech. I have done taller ones but they were scruffy skinny things that had been fighting for light. lucky if they were 12" wide. I have never seen one coppice at that height, usually from ground level. i can only imagine the crud, gunk, rocks and dead animals in middle of that:thumbdown:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

not sure, but Staverton pk has some monsters, check the ATF forum for records and the tree register for champions.