Ilex Glabra Nordic
Nordic inkberry holly will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 3 feet.
Ilex glabra nordic. It typically matures to 5 8 tall and can spread by root suckers to form colonies. It is native to the. Ilex glabra nordic is an outstanding easy to grow compact shrub that matures at 3 to 4 feet high and wide. Full sun 6 hours part sun 4 6 hours full shade up to 4 hours. It tends to be a little leggy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground. Nordic makes an excellent evergreen hedge as it prunes well. In late spring to early summer it produces abundant small greenish white flowers that are followed by a profusion of dark blue black berries in fall.
Inkberry grow best in a slightly acidic slightly moist well drained soil in full sun to partial shade. One male inkberry plant will effectively pollinate up to six female plants. An excellent choice for foundations hedges and mass plantings or for use as an accent plant. Love boxwood but struggle with disease or winter damage. Male pollinator for ilex glabra shamrock and ilex glabe densa. Native alternative to boxwood. Excellent for foundation hedges masses and as an accent plant will not produce berries.
The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive. Back to previous page. It maintains good branching right to the ground so it never looks bare legged. Plant strongbox inkberry holly instead. A great native alternative to boxwood. A dense ball shaped plant gem box ilex has small dainty dark green leaves with attractive red tips during the spring flush. Ilex glabra gem box inkberry is a dwarf broadleaf evergreen of compact rounded habit with a lush foliage of small dainty dark green leaves adorned with attractive red tips during the spring flush.
This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. This cool new dwarf broadleaf evergreen looks more like a boxwood than an inkberry. Ilex glabra chamzin nordic. Ilex glabra commonly called inkberry or gallberry is a slow growing upright rounded stoloniferous broadleaf evergreen shrub in the holly family. This native evergreen naturally grows as a broadly rounded mound and keeps its. The leaves are a deep green and glisten in the sunlight. Ilex glabra nordic chamzin pp6 962 characteristics.
It grows at a slow rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more. Inkberry ilex gabra is a form of evergreen holly that is very easy to grow.