Ilex glabra 'Gem Box'

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• Potential alternative to Boxwood!
• Dwarf, broadleaf evergreen
• Full-branching structure; no bare legs
• Dense, ball-shaped habit 
• Likes acidic soil and tolerates boggy conditions; does poorly in neutral to alkaline soil
• Leaves have attractive red tips in spring​
• Excellent along streams and ponds or as a container specimen  
• Hedges, edging and foundation plantings
• ​PP 27554
  
• 3' H x 3' W

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Substitution Suggestions

Buxus 'Green Velvet'

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Azalea x 'Karen'