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Native alternative to boxwood. Love boxwood but struggle with disease or winter damage? Plant Strongbox ® inkberry holly instead. This native evergreen naturally grows as a broadly rounded mound, and keeps its leaves all the way to the ground for the lush, dense look you love.
Enhance a border or a low hedge with this 2-gal. Strongbox Inkberry Holly (Ilex) Live Shrub. Dense foliage resists diseases, pests and winter burn. You can prune it to suit your landscape. Plant it in partial sun in fertile, well-drained soil for superior results.
Inkberry holly (Ilex glabra) is a great substitute for boxwood in many situations. Full disclosure: it’s not quite as deer-resistant and not quite as shade-tolerant, but it will do pretty well overall.
Like its sister plant Gem Box® inkberry holly, it’s a native evergreen with a neat, dense habit that looks like boxwood but is more durable and disease resistant. Strongbox® is more squat and “tuna can”-shaped than Gem Box, which is more of a globe.
With its squat, rounded habit, handsome evergreen foliage, and full, dense branching, Strongbox inkberry is a welcome alternative to boxwood.
Plant: Strongbox® - Inkberry holly - Ilex glabra. Plant is not sold online. Please try a local retailer.
With its squat, rounded habit, handsome evergreen foliage, and full, dense branching, Strongbox® inkberry is a welcome alternative to boxwood. Lush, deep green, and disease resistant, this plant offers huge potential for the landscape market and home owners alike.
Strongbox® Inkberry Holly, I. glabra ‘Ilexfarrowtracey,’ is a compact cultivar with a mature height and girth of only two to three feet. Space plants two to three feet apart for a formal appearance and minimal pruning.
The Strongbox Inkberry Holly is a fantastic alternative to boxwood shrubs from Proven Winners ColorChoice. This bush is resistant to disease, pests, and winter burn. It is native to North America and very low maintenance. The evergreen leaves form a rounded shape that can be pruned into any shape.
Ilex glabra Strongbox® (Inkberry) is an evergreen, stoloniferous shrub of compact, rounded habit with lush foliage of thick, spineless, blue-green leaves. In spring, it produces inconspicuous small greenish-white flowers.