Ilex glabra (Inkberry Holly)
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅. Average, medium to wet soil. Adapts to both light/heavy soils and will tolerate occasional flooding.
SIZE: 5–8 ft. SPREAD: 5–8 ft.
FLOWERS: Dioecious. Small, greenish-white blooms. May - June.
WILDLIFE: Nectar attracts a variety of pollinators including specialized bees. Berries provide food for birds and small mammals. Rabbits and deer will use foliage for shelter and browse.
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 , TN, TX , VA
ZONE: 4-9
This attractive, evergreen Holly is sought after for its smooth leaves and tolerance for wet, heavy soils. It’s rounded, upright growth habit makes this an ideal choice as a hedge, windbreak or privacy screen. During late spring, tiny whitish flowers will attract a variety of pollinators including the specialized bee, Colletes banksi. Ink Berry Holly is a dioecious species and requires both male and female plants to produce berries, which if present, will attract song birds and small mammals. Resistant to erosion, pollution, rabbits, salt and wet soil.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅. Average, medium to wet soil. Adapts to both light/heavy soils and will tolerate occasional flooding.
SIZE: 5–8 ft. SPREAD: 5–8 ft.
FLOWERS: Dioecious. Small, greenish-white blooms. May - June.
WILDLIFE: Nectar attracts a variety of pollinators including specialized bees. Berries provide food for birds and small mammals. Rabbits and deer will use foliage for shelter and browse.
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 , TN, TX , VA
ZONE: 4-9
This attractive, evergreen Holly is sought after for its smooth leaves and tolerance for wet, heavy soils. It’s rounded, upright growth habit makes this an ideal choice as a hedge, windbreak or privacy screen. During late spring, tiny whitish flowers will attract a variety of pollinators including the specialized bee, Colletes banksi. Ink Berry Holly is a dioecious species and requires both male and female plants to produce berries, which if present, will attract song birds and small mammals. Resistant to erosion, pollution, rabbits, salt and wet soil.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅. Average, medium to wet soil. Adapts to both light/heavy soils and will tolerate occasional flooding.
SIZE: 5–8 ft. SPREAD: 5–8 ft.
FLOWERS: Dioecious. Small, greenish-white blooms. May - June.
WILDLIFE: Nectar attracts a variety of pollinators including specialized bees. Berries provide food for birds and small mammals. Rabbits and deer will use foliage for shelter and browse.
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 , TN, TX , VA
ZONE: 4-9
This attractive, evergreen Holly is sought after for its smooth leaves and tolerance for wet, heavy soils. It’s rounded, upright growth habit makes this an ideal choice as a hedge, windbreak or privacy screen. During late spring, tiny whitish flowers will attract a variety of pollinators including the specialized bee, Colletes banksi. Ink Berry Holly is a dioecious species and requires both male and female plants to produce berries, which if present, will attract song birds and small mammals. Resistant to erosion, pollution, rabbits, salt and wet soil.