A great alternative to boxwood! This cool new dwarf, broadleaf evergreen looks more like a boxwood than an inkberry. A dense, ball-shaped plant, Gem Box ilex has small, dainty, dark green leaves with attractive red tips during the spring flush. It maintains good branching right to the ground so it never looks bare-legged like other cultivars may. It’s great as a small evergreen hedge or used as a container specimen in milder climates.

This tough, durable broadleaf evergreen is an outstanding American Beauties plant due to its ability to provide year round cover for a host of native bird species while providing an excellent food source for these same birds with its black berries. Even better, ‘Densa’ is such an easy plant to grow and tolerates just about any landscape situation, especially sandy soils or places prone to exposure to road salt or seaside conditions. Plant it individually or in groups to form a low barrier or screen, thick with small, dark green, lustrous foliage.

This tough, durable broadleaf evergreen is an outstanding evergeen plant. Inkberry provides year round cover for a host of native bird species while providing an excellent food source for these same birds with its black berries. Even better, ‘Compacta’ is such an easy plant to grow and tolerates just about any landscape situation, especially sandy soils or places prone to exposure to road salt or seaside conditions. Plant it individually or in groups to form a low barrier or screen, thick with small, dark green, lustrous foliage.

Easy to grow with great landscape texture. Perfect for use as a low, spreading, dense hedge along a border. Dense and spreading, this evergreen adds dependable performance to the landscape, along with great texture that is provided by its small, convexed, lustrous deep green foliage.

Strong, upright growing form that’s great for foundation accent or hedging. Small, deep green foliage adds to this plant’s fine textured appearance, and its ease of care and pruning make it a snap to work with.

Talk about a novelty, this selection is novel enough that everyone likes to talk about it even though no one ever seems to talk about crenata hollies! ‘Sky Pencil’ will get your attention with its tall, extremely narrow form and its luxuriant, dark green, shiny foliage. A perfect landscape accent, it’s a plant that you might even use in a container with annuals, but no matter where you use it, people will talk!

Slow growing, dense, compact evergreen with very dark, shiny leaves. Young stems have a purplish cast. Berries will attract birds. Attractive natural shape needs little maintenance. Does equally well in sun or shade. Excellent in masses, hedges, or foundation plantings.

Easy to grow with great landscape texture. Perfect for use as a low, spreading, dense hedge along a border. Dense and spreading, this evergreen adds dependable performance to the landscape, along with great texture provided by its small, flattened, lustrous deep green foliage.

Hardiest of our Japanese holly selections, this plant’s compact form and dark, lustrous foliage makes it handsome and functional. Wider spreading than tall, excellent for hedging and great alone.

Beautiful low, dense form! Branching habit is tight and mounding and foliage is small, but deep green. Great for small spaces, low maintenance.