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
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~39 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation, rain garden, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA