Gem Box Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra 'SMNIGAB17'
Proven Winners
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
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.