Gem Box Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra 'SMNIGAB17'

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This excellent variety looks more like a boxwood than an inkberry; a dense, bushy, ball shaped plant with small dark green leaves that emerge red-tipped in spring; great as a small evergreen hedge or container specimen in milder climates

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Features and Growing Tips

Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.

Landscape Qualities

but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition., Gem Box Inkberry Holly is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape

Planting and Growing

and a male variety of the same species is required nearby as a pollinator., and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more. This is a dioecious species, Gem Box Inkberry Holly will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity, meaning that individual plants are either male or female. Only the females will produce fruit, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground. It grows at a slow rate

acidic soils to ensure success, This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in moist to wet soil

Plant Facts

Prefers full sun to partial shade

Keep moisture level moist to wet

Mature Size 3'Hx3'W

Attracts birds

Zone 5a

Tolerates wet ground.