Ilex myrtifolia x opaca 'Sand Pond' 26/2 Restock a regional treasure built entirely

a regional treasure built entirely on these unassuming white spring blooms

the species is a conservation-worthy native that nursery propagation helps to keep and to share

a quiet contrast to the glossy foliage through fall and winter

but with berries the color of amber

Ilex myrtifolia x opaca 'Sand Pond' 26/2 Restock a regional treasure built entirelyIlex 'Sand Pond' is a Woodlanders introduction with a good story and better berries, a natural hybrid between two southeastern native hollies: the stately American holly, Ilex opaca, and the fine textured myrtle leaf holly, Ilex myrtifolia. The cross carries small, narrow, glossy evergreen leaves midway between the parents, on a plant that colors up each fall with an unusually heavy set of large red berries. The plant came out of the wild. We found