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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'
Hypericum x Sunny Boulevard®
Ribes alpinum 'Green Mound'
Azalea x 'Karen'
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Wauconda, IL 60084
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  • shrubs
  • vines
  • Natives
  • Annuals
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