Ilex Glabra ‘Shamrock’ 3 Gal

Inkberry Holly - Shamrock
Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'

Excellent boxwood alternative! NATIVAR! Handsome, compact-growing evergreen shrub with lustrous dark green leaves on a rounded plant. Has dark blue to black berries that attract birds in the fall. Fantastic for low hedges. Species is native to the coastal plain of North Carolina, in a swath from Louisiana up to Nova Scotia. In the wild, it is found near moist areas such as swamps.

Ideal for Butterfly Gardens, Children's Gardens, Native Gardens, Pollinator Gardens, Rain Gardens, Wildlife Gardens, Winter Gardens, and more.

🐝Help bees: The tiny flowers are incredibly important to our native specialist bees called Colletes banksi, who are extremely chill and just want to peacefully raise their young underground. The honey that honeybees make using these flowers is considered to be particularly delicious.

🦋Help butterflies and moths: In NC, these are the host plants to at 21 species of moths and 1 species of butterfly.

🐦Help Birds: Birds enjoy eating the fruits.

Full sun to partial shade.

🦌Deer resistant: Inkberry Hollies can handle what deer - and also rabbits - have to dish out.

Zones 4-9, cold hardy down to -30F.

💚Plant Nerd: Native Americans have dried and roasted inkberry leaves to make an herbal tea-like drink.