Gem Box® Inkberry holly (Ilex glabra)

Gem Box® Inkberry holly (Ilex glabra)A great native alternative to boxwood! This cool new dwarf, broadleaf evergreen looks more like a boxwood than an inkberry. A dense, ball shaped plant, Gem Box ilex has small, dainty, dark green leaves with attractive red tips during the spring flush. It maintains good branching right to the ground so it never looks bare legged like other cultivars may. It's great as a small evergreen hedge or used as a container specimen in milder climates. 2 3 feet

Be sure that you do not keep the soil wet

making this hydrangea a gem in any garden

but need to be planted a few inches above soil level

Produces soft yellow flowers that age to dusty raspberry purple in late spring

or as a focal point in your landscape

it will help protect the plant from winter damage

Double Play Gold maintains its compact mounded shape with very little pruning and has much brighter color than other gold spiraea varieties

8-12 feet tall and 6-10 feet wide at maturity

shaded beds

and can be used as a hedge

Produces small white flowers in fall followed by abundant

Add this radiant beauty to your garden for endless color and effortless charm