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Ilex x 'Rock Garden'
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BROADLEAF EVERGREEN SHRUBSIlex x 'Rock Garden' - Beautiful dark green to black-green holly leaves with a satin gloss set densely on a very slowly mounding shrub. This female form does set berries - just not many of them. Perfect in the rock garden or at the front of the foundation border or even a "foresty" component in a train garden it is a charmer that will mature about 12 inches tall and over time a bit broader. Open shade to early morning and dappled light in fertile, acid soil. Though we've seen this cutie listed as hardy in USDA zone 5 we think it a safer bet in 6 and south; if in 5 it had better be set in a really sheltered micro-climate and protected from desiccating winter winds - we're just playing it safe. Established, potted Holly from cutting.
Characteristics and Attributes for Ilex x 'Rock Garden'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Four Seasons
Autumn Interest
- Fruit / Berries / Seed Heads
Nature Attraction
- Honey Bees & Native Bees
Light
- Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade
Attributes
- Rock Garden
- Bonsai Candidate
- Edging
- Accent
- Evergreen
- Small / Miniature
- Foundation
- Collector Plant
- Knot Garden
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Slow
Soil
- Woodland
- Fertile
- Acid
- Humus Laden
- Organic
- Moist
Origins
- Garden Origin
Propagated By
- Cutting Grown