Ilex myrtifolia x opaca 'Sand Pond' 26/2 Restock or as a fine-textured specimen

or as a fine-textured specimen where the striped bark and airy canopy can be studied at close range

and juniper has a long history in European and Native American medicine for urinary and digestive complaints

a quiet contrast to the glossy foliage through fall and winter

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

Ilex myrtifolia x opaca 'Sand Pond' 26/2 Restock or as a fine-textured specimenIlex '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