TOMI ROVIRA GALLERY

What comes to mind when you think of a holly: Christmas decoration of a tall bush with glossy, evergreen, spiky leaves and red berries? This roly-poly, inky holly looks more like a pruned boxwood than what your mind conjures up. The leaves are evergreen and small, on a compact shrub that rarely needs pruning.
As an excellent substitute for boxwood, you can grow inkberry as short hedges in a formal garden, or leave it alone as a compact globe. The shrub lends itself to container growing, especially useful for winter pots.
Location: Tossa de Mar, Catalonia, Southern Europe.