Inkberry
Ilex glabra
Inkberry is a tidy native evergreen holly with black berries, widely used as a well-behaved boxwood alternative for hedges and foundations. Suckers into colonies; thrives on moist, acidic soil.
- Family
- Aquifoliaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 5–8 ft
- Spacing
- 5–8 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~39 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA
Related native plants
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