Ilex glabra Gem Box®
Gem Box® Inkberry Holly
An excellent native alternative to the Boxwood, Gem Box Inkberry forms a dense, mounding shrub.
- Rounded, compact habit
- Small, glossy dark green foliage
- Evergreen, moderate growth rate
- Category: Shrub, Native
- Breeder: Proven Winners
- Hardiness Zone: 5-9
- Height: 2-3 ft
- Spread: 2-3 ft
- Bloom Color: White
- Foliage Color: Dark Green
Landscape Characteristics
| • | Ornamental Fruit |
Attracts Wildlife
| • | Attracts Songbirds |
Foliage
| • | Evergreen |
Season of Interest (Flowering)
| • | Spring |
Growth Rate
| • | Slow |
Foliage Color
| • | Green |
Attributes
| • | Bioretention |
| • | Border or Bed |
| • | Evergreen |
| • | Great Foliage |
| • | Low Maintenance |
| • | Mass Planting |
| • | Native |
| • | Naturalizing |
| • | Rain Garden |
| • | Salt Tolerant |