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Use it to edge your beds, or flank a pathway or gate. Grow it in alone or in clusters in beds for calming green among colorful plants. With some trimming it can be grown into perfect spheres, or plant them 12 to 18 inches apart to make neat hedges up to 3 feet tall. Grow it without trimming as an attractive, compact evergreen for any garden, including wild ones and in natural areas – it is a native plant, after all. Think ‘boxwood’ and that is how you can use this neat shrub in your garden. Using the Gem Box® Inkberry Holly in Your Garden These have the potential to develop into the black berries found on wild inkberry, but they need a suitable pollinator, and this is unlikely, so berries will not normally be seen on your plants. In spring, clusters of small, ¼ inch white flowers grow along the stems, adding interest. New leaves are tinted an attractive dark red, turning rich green as they mature. Growth is relatively rapid, and 8 inches a year is normal, more than twice as fast as boxwoods. Regular trimming will make the leaves even smaller. They are barely 1½ inches long and less than ½ an inch wide. They are small, neat, and oval, with smooth edges. The leaves are glossy, leathery and dark green, with none of the spines you might expect from a ‘holly’. It has a natural compact, bushy form, and this can be emphasized by trimming, to create a very neat, formal look. The Gem Box Inkberry Holly is a compact, rounded evergreen shrub that grows between 2 and 3 feet tall and round. Growing the Gem Box® Inkberry Holly Size and Appearance Treat it exactly like boxwood, for low hedges or globes, and enjoy easy gardening with native plants, while keeping the classic look you want.

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A unique selection of our native inkberry, this plant is round and compact, exactly like a boxwood, but it is very tough and reliable, growing well in hot zones where boxwood can fail, and being free of pests or diseases.

We have the answer to all these issues, with the remarkable new Gem Box® Inkberry Holly. Plus, many gardeners today want to grow native plants, not exotics like the boxwood, which came from Europe. It doesn’t do so well in hot areas, and the pests and diseases are increasing all the time. But let’s face it, boxwood is not the easiest plant to grow. Plant HardinessĮveryone loves boxwood plants, and those round balls of rich green are a desirable feature for any garden. Trim in late winter for the neatest growth. Pests and diseases are normally not seen on this easy and fast-growing bush. It will tolerate some dryness, but regular watering is appreciated. It is happy in both sand and clay, and it will grow in wet ground as well. It grows best in moist, acidic soils, and it should not be planted in alkaline earth.

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The Gem Box® Inkberry Holly grows well in both full sun and partial shade, with some direct sun each day.

Native plant for natural planting and native gardens.

Easy substitute for boxwood in many situations.

Neat, compact natural globe-shaped evergreen.

Small white flowers are produced in late spring, but no berries will form. Use it just as you would boxwood, for informal mounds or formal trimmed balls in beds or pots, or for hedges and edging. It grows well in warmer areas and wet soil, where boxwood often fails, and it has far fewer pests or diseases. It can be clipped into formal balls and hedges and it makes an easy-to-grow substitute for boxwood. The Gem Box® Inkberry Holly is a special form of the native inkberry, which grows quickly into a neat, round bush with small green leaves and a compact form. We've gotta protect good ole' Mother Nature, after all. While we wish we could serve everyone, it's for the safety of native species and helps prevent the spread of invasive disease & pests. The short & sweet answer is: 'United States Department of Agriculture Restrictions.' Every state has their own unique USDA restrictions on which plants they allow to come into their state. You will receive email notifications along the way on the progress of your order, as well as tracking information to track your plants all the way to their new home! Why are some states excluded from shipping?

Orders typically ship out within 2 business days.

How does the delivery process work?Īll of our orders ship via FedEx Ground! Once your order is placed online, our magic elves get right to work picking, staging, boxing and shipping your trees. You'll find we carry young 1-gallons, up to more mature 7-gallons ranging anywhere from 6 inches to 6ft.

While the industry-standard terminology is to call the sizes 'Gallon Containers', that doesn't exactly translate to the traditional liquid 'gallon' size we think of. Nursery containers come in a variety of different sizes, and old-school nursery slang has stuck. All tree, and nothin' but the tree! We measure from the top of the soil to the top of the tree the height of the container or the root system is never included in our measurements.