Ilex glabra (Inkberry Holly)
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅. Average, Medium to Wet Soil. Adapts to both light/heavy soils.
SIZE: 5 – 8 ft. Spread: 5 – 8 ft.
FLOWERS: Greenish-White bloom May - June
WILDLIFE: Attracts Pollinators and Birds
LARVAL HOST TO: Henry's Elfin
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DE , FL , GA , LA , MA , MD , ME , MS , NC , NH , NJ , NY , PA , RI , SC , TX , VA
ZONE: 4-9
Evergreen. Excellent as foundation plantings or as a low hedge. Dried and roasted inkberry leaves were used by Native Americans to make tea thus one of the common names, “Appalachian tea”. Dioecious species (separate male and female plants). Rabbit, Deer, Erosion, Wet Soil and Air Pollution Tolerant. Good Shade Tolerance.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅. Average, Medium to Wet Soil. Adapts to both light/heavy soils.
SIZE: 5 – 8 ft. Spread: 5 – 8 ft.
FLOWERS: Greenish-White bloom May - June
WILDLIFE: Attracts Pollinators and Birds
LARVAL HOST TO: Henry's Elfin
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DE , FL , GA , LA , MA , MD , ME , MS , NC , NH , NJ , NY , PA , RI , SC , TX , VA
ZONE: 4-9
Evergreen. Excellent as foundation plantings or as a low hedge. Dried and roasted inkberry leaves were used by Native Americans to make tea thus one of the common names, “Appalachian tea”. Dioecious species (separate male and female plants). Rabbit, Deer, Erosion, Wet Soil and Air Pollution Tolerant. Good Shade Tolerance.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅. Average, Medium to Wet Soil. Adapts to both light/heavy soils.
SIZE: 5 – 8 ft. Spread: 5 – 8 ft.
FLOWERS: Greenish-White bloom May - June
WILDLIFE: Attracts Pollinators and Birds
LARVAL HOST TO: Henry's Elfin
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DE , FL , GA , LA , MA , MD , ME , MS , NC , NH , NJ , NY , PA , RI , SC , TX , VA
ZONE: 4-9
Evergreen. Excellent as foundation plantings or as a low hedge. Dried and roasted inkberry leaves were used by Native Americans to make tea thus one of the common names, “Appalachian tea”. Dioecious species (separate male and female plants). Rabbit, Deer, Erosion, Wet Soil and Air Pollution Tolerant. Good Shade Tolerance.