Description

Enhance your garden with the versatile and low-maintenance Inkberry Holly (Ilex glabra). This native evergreen shrub is a favorite among landscapers and homeowners alike for its glossy foliage, adaptability, and value to wildlife. It’s the perfect, hardy shrub for creating hedges, borders, or foundation plantings. Order yours today!

Features

• A native evergreen shrub that provides year-round color and texture.
• Features small, glossy, dark green leaves (an excellent alternative to Boxwood).
• Produces small, dark black berries that persist through winter.
• A fantastic wildlife shrub, providing essential food and shelter for birds.
• Extremely adaptable; thrives in full sun to partial shade.
• One of the best evergreen shrubs for wet soil; also tolerates drought once established.

The beauty of the Inkberry Holly lies in its tough, easy-going nature. This native shrub can handle almost anything our Maryland climate throws at it, from wet soil in low-lying areas to full sun. Its compact, rounded form makes it an ideal choice for a low evergreen hedge, a border, or a simple, elegant specimen plant. It provides excellent coverage and visual interest all year long, all while feeding your local songbirds. You can’t go wrong with this native workhorse! Add this wildlife-friendly shrub to your garden from How Sweet It Is today!

Specs

• Botanical Name: Ilex glabra
• Mature Height: 5-8 ft. (Cultivar-dependent; e.g., ‘Shamrock’ is more compact)
• Mature Spread: 5-8 ft.
• Hardiness Zones: 4-9
• Light Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade
• Soil: Adaptable; tolerates a wide range, from wet to dry, and prefers acidic soil.
• Note: Berries are produced on female plants; a male pollinator is needed for berry set.