Evergreen Ilex glabra (Inkberry Holly)
Color Name: Gem Box
This cute dwarf, broadleaf evergreen looks more like a boxwood than an inkberry. A dense, ball-shaped plant, Gem Box has small, dainty, dark green leaves with attractive red tips during the spring flush. It maintains good branching right to the ground so it never looks bare-legged like other cultivars may. It's great as a small evergreen hedge. 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.
Photo courtesy of Proven Winners.
This cute dwarf, broadleaf evergreen looks more like a boxwood than an inkberry. A dense, ball-shaped plant, Gem Box has small, dainty, dark green leaves with attractive red tips during the spring flush. It maintains good branching right to the ground so it never looks bare-legged like other cultivars may. It's great as a small evergreen hedge. 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.
Photo courtesy of Proven Winners.
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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 |
Exposure
Full Sun
Partial Shade
Soil Moisture Needs
Moderate
Attributes |
 Container Mass Planting Landscapes Evergreen Easy to Grow Border Salt Tolerant
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Critter Resistance
Deer
