Plant Library

Iberis sempervirens 'White Shadow'

A pure-white iberis with an abundance of large flowers and a very long flowering window. Works very well in borders, paths and walkways.

Iberis sempervirens Snowsurfer™

Carefree and colorful, Snowsurfer™ take an old fashioned perennial and revitalizes it with more bloom, a longer bloom time and less disease issues. Tight, compact, spreading plants become covered with buds in early May. These buds open to a ...

Ilex crenata 'Chesapeake'

Strong, upright growing form that's great for foundation accent or hedging. Small, deep green foliage adds to this plant's fine textured appearance. Ease of care and pruning makes this selection a snap to work with....

Ilex crenata 'Compacta'

Dense growing and globose, this selection has an attractive natural shape that needs little maintenance. Deep, dark, shiny foliage and a multitude of landscape uses such as foundaton or hedging. Slow growing, compact evergeen does equally well in ...

Ilex crenata 'Drops of Gold'

It's amazing how you can turn a staid, stodgy, dependable plant into the next hot plant with just a splash of color. 'Drops of Gold' is a great example as Ilex crenata 'Hetzi' morphs from boring to brilliant with splotches of bright gold color spangl...

Ilex crenata 'Green Lustre'

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....

Ilex crenata 'Helleri'

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

Ilex crenata 'Hoogendorn'

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, l...

Ilex crenata 'Nigra'

This compact evergreen shrub is valued for its narrow, pyramidal form and glossy dark green leaves, offering year-round interest. Perfect for privacy screens, hedges, or mixed borders, it adds vertical structure to gardens. 'Nigra' can also be use...

Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil'

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 g...

Ilex crenata 'Soft Touch'

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, conv...

Ilex crenata 'Steeds'

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....

Ilex crenata Chubby Hubby™

Chubby Hubby™ Ilex is best described as Ernie to Straight & Narrow® Japanese Holly’s Bert, with similar leaves and strong upright branches yet it is considerably wider and more oval in habit than its counterpart. The dad-bod f...

Ilex crenata Patti O Box®

Deep green, lustrous, evergreen foliage and an upright, conical form make this selection an essential addition to your landscape. Perfect for a foundation planting and beautiful in a deck container, it adds great texture to any setting. Spectacula...

Ilex glabra 'Compacta'

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, 'Comp...

Ilex glabra 'Densa'

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. E...

Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'

Inkberry is used extensively in the landscape and 'Shamrock' is one of the most prized varieties of this workhorse species. It's easy to figure out why once you see its dense, slow growing form and its extremely attractive foliage that is pointed, lu...

Ilex glabra Forever Emerald™

This new dwarf, broadleaf evergreen looks more like a boxwood than an inkberry. A compact, mounded habit has petite, dark green foliage that is much smaller than the typical inkberry leaf. A full habit that keeps its form all the way to the ...

Ilex glabra Gem Box®

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 f...

Ilex glabra Strongbox®

Love boxwood but struggle with disease or winter damage? Plant Strongbox® inkberry holly instead. This native evergreen naturally grows as a broadly rounded mound, and keeps its leaves all the...

Ilex meserve Magical® Amore

This narrow, pyramidal holly features glossy evergreen foliage and bright red berries from fall into late winter. Its columnar shape makes it perfect for small spaces, urban gardens, or hedging. Berries provide winter interest and festive flair, j...

Ilex opaca 'Jersey Knight'

This dense, upright American holly has glossy, dark, green leaves that make it a distinguished specimen in the landscape. Pollinates many berry-carrying holly bushes.

Ilex opaca 'Maryland Dwarf'

Maryland Dwarf is a standout evergreen holly with a unique, compact habit. Its rich, dark green leaves are minimally spiny and hold their color beautifully through winter. Bright red berries appear in fall and persist through winter, attracting bi...

Ilex opaca 'Satyr Hill'

A female cultivar sporting a prolific crop of scarlet berries that light up the winter landscape till spring. Glossy evergreen foliage is held in a strong pyramidal form. Excellent for foundation plantings.