Forever Emerald™ Inkberry

Ilex glabra ‘Peggy’s Cove’

Family

Aquifoliaceae

Genus

Ilex

About Our Collection

Fun Facts

  • Jack Alexander was the Arboretum’s plant propagator for 40 years. He is also a lilac enthusiast and breeder, and introduced three lilac cultivars: ‘Foxey Lady’, ‘Purple Haze’, and ‘Lilac Sunday’, in honor of the Arboretum’s largest annual event, which falls on Mother’s Day.

  • Small, rooted cuttings of Ilex glabra ‘Peggy’s Cove’ were provided as guest party favors of Jack Alexander’s 2016 retirement gathering.

  • Folklore and customs surround hollies. In old English tradition is to place a holly twig on a beehive to wish these pollinators a happy holiday.

  • Ilex glabra forma leucocarpa is a white-fruited form of inkberry selected in Florida. The Arboretum has a mass planting near Walter Street Gate.

  • Ilex glabra ‘Peggy’s Cove’ is currently being sold as Forever Emerald™ by Griffith Propagation Nurseries, GA.

  • There are seven I. glabra ‘Peggy’s Cove’ from 2002, which were propagated from the original cutting. Three of them are sited along Meadow Road in Azalea Border.  The remaining five were planted where Jack Alexander could keep a watchful eye on them—in the Dana Greenhouse landscape.

  • The youngest I. glabra ‘Peggy’s Cove’ in the Arboretum was grown from a 2007 cutting. It’s located in the Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden.

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11 Living Specimens

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