Yaupon holly

Scientific name: Ilex vomitoria Abundance: plentiful What: tea from leaves How: Dry leaves, add boiling water Where: woods When: all year Nutritional Value: caffeine and antioxidants Dangers: Avoid the berries as they taste bad. Do not mistake Yaupon holly for the toxic Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense). See below to learn how to tell them apart. Leaf Arrangement: Leaves are alternate along the stem. Leaf Shape: Simple, evergreen leaves with a smooth, elliptical shape, typically measuring…

Dwarf yaupon holly - also called Schillings Holly - is a slow, hardy, rounded shrub many South Florida gardeners love to trim into little balls. Read all about it!

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Enhance your landscape with Houston's trusted source for the Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria). This versatile, evergreen shrub or small tree is celebrated for its dense, bushy form and resilience in various conditions.

Yaupon hollies should be more popular than they are. You can make caffeinated tea from the leaves, grow them in a massive range of environments, and they need little maintenance. Learn how to plant and raise these pretty, versatile, and hardy shrubs now on Gardener's Path #yauponholly #gardening #gardenerspath

A RELIABLE AND VERSATILE CHOICE FOR MY LANDSCAPE NEEDS By Wendy Diaz, NC State Master Gardner SM volunteer Last September, I wrote about receiving Platinum certification from the New Hope Audubon S…

Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon, Yaupon Holly) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

Yaupon holly is an upright, irregularly branched, evergreen shrub or small tree with ovate, toothed, shiny dark-green leaves and gray branches.

A native to the southeastern United States. A very picturesque, upright, irregularly branched shrub or small tree. Foliage is a lustrous dark green. Leaves are alternate, simple, narrowly oval to ovate, tapered at the base, blunt at apex, 1/2" to 1 1/2" long and 1/4" to 3/4" wide. Bark is a striking white to gray. Pea-sized scarlet berries are borne in profusion on female

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