Evergreen Ilex glabra (Inkberry Holly)
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Color Name: Gem Box
Gem Box Inkberry Holly is a dense, ball-shaped plant with small dark green leaves. Foliage develops attractive red tips during the spring flush. Maintains good branching right to the ground so it never looks bare-legged like other cultivars can. As versatile and good-looking as boxwood with no disease issues!
Growing Tips: Tolerates shade well, but leaf color and overall foliage coverage is better with at least some sun. Grows most rapidly where moisture is consistently available.
Soil: Does best in moist (even very moist), slightly acidic soils.
Pruning: Naturally dense habit requires little pruning; may be trimmed after new growth has hardened off in late spring, though.
Uses: Hedges; edgings; foundation plantings; specimen; containers; mass planting.
Gem Box Inkberry Holly is a dense, ball-shaped plant with small dark green leaves. Foliage develops attractive red tips during the spring flush. Maintains good branching right to the ground so it never looks bare-legged like other cultivars can. As versatile and good-looking as boxwood with no disease issues!
Growing Tips: Tolerates shade well, but leaf color and overall foliage coverage is better with at least some sun. Grows most rapidly where moisture is consistently available.
Soil: Does best in moist (even very moist), slightly acidic soils.
Pruning: Naturally dense habit requires little pruning; may be trimmed after new growth has hardened off in late spring, though.
Uses: Hedges; edgings; foundation plantings; specimen; containers; mass planting.
Flower Color: Grown for Foliage Foliage Color: Green Shades
Height: 2 to 3 Feet Spread: 2 to 3 Feet Hardy in Zone: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
Blooms:
Foliage Season: All Year |
Growth Rate |
Medium
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Attributes |
Container Mass Planting Landscapes Evergreen Easy to Grow Border Salt Tolerant
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