Ilex crenata 'Bennett's Compacta' ~ Bennett's Compact Japanese Holly understory Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'

Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'

highly fragrant ruffled flowers have violet standards with orange beards and near black falls bloom from mid spring to late spring

Best grown in full sun and rich well-drained acidic soils

Frosted Violet Coral Bells is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage

while alkaline soils produce the rose pink its known for

Ilex crenata 'Bennett's Compacta' ~ Bennett's Compact Japanese Holly understory Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'Bennett's Compact Japanese Holly is a dense compact evergreen shrub with a tidy rounded habit of upright branches and small lustrous green foliage. If pollinated, the inconspicuous flowers in spring to give way to small red fruits in fall which last through winter. Best planted in moist, slightly acidic well drained soils. Hollies are dioecious and need both male and female plants to produce fruit. Type: Shrub Origins: East Asia and eastern Russia