I found this growing in among my cedar trees in my backyard. I'm curious to know if it is a holly or simply some kind of weed? If it is a holly, can someone tell me what kind it is and how I can look after it? Thanks everyone!
English holly is a pest species in this region, making your seedling(s) both a holly and some kind of weed. Birds perching in the cedar left these for you. Eventually you may end up with a thicket of them if you do not pull them out as they appear.
joclyn - thanks for your help. It has roots so it was definitely growing. ron- Thanks, okay, that makes sense, I think I'll just get rid of it. At least now I know what it is.
Where large fruiting female hollies are nearby (not a rare thing in this region) quantities of nuisance seedlings may appear in garden beds and borders. Other too-willing exotic components of the urban and suburban flora spread by birds are English and Irish ivy*, cotoneasters (many kinds), English and Portugal laurels, Himalayan blackberry and common hawthorn. *Ivy and blackberry have been called the worst weeds on public lands in Seattle, where some sites have developed extensive smothering blankets of Irish ivy that cover the ground and nearly all trees to just below the branch tips - the Kudzu of the West
