Ilex glabra ‘Nigra’ 24/11 Restock and was propagated and named

and was propagated and named by the late Tom Dodd

As Woodlanders notes

the leaves flutter in the wind like an aspen's and flush bronze in cool weather

but the lineage lends the plant a certain depth

gentler in color than the coppery-salmon type most people picture

Ilex glabra ‘Nigra’ 24/11 Restock and was propagated and namedIlex glabra 'Nigra' is the inkberry chosen for good looks in every season, a compact, rounded evergreen holly with unusually rich, dark green leaves. Where the wild inkberry can bronze and dull through a hard winter, this selection was picked to hold a deeper, cleaner green, and the smooth, spineless foliage stays handsome on a tidy frame that runs lower and denser than the run of the species. The species is one of the great native broadleaf