Gem Box® Inkberry HollyThis excellent variety looks more like a boxwood than an inkberry; a dense, bushy, ball shaped plant with small dark green leaves that emerge red tipped in spring; great as a small evergreen hedge or container specimen in milder climates

Tighter and more formal than many broader junipers

which emerge from distinctive violet flower buds

Form: Clumping / arching

and tight spaces where height is needed without width

it forms a dense blue-gray mat of foliage that works beautifully in borders

edible berries in June

✅ Why It Works in New England

Mature Height: 40–60 ft

Spreading mounds of deep green foliage are covered in blue flowers with white centers

Mature Width: 30–40 ft

very unlike the species

Native monarch host plant