Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon Holly 'Pride of Houston')

Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon Holly 'Pride of Houston')Yaupon Holly is an attractive Texas native evergreen shrub or small tree. Female plants produce red berries that are cherished by birds. Yaupon Holly 'Pride of Houston' is an upright growing cultivar that is often used as an accent or screen plant. It is adaptable to a wide variety of conditions and is quite deer resistant. It is arguably one of the most versatile and easy care native shrubs you can find. AT A GLANCE Texas native Yes Water use Low Sun

compacted soils

It features eye-catching sunflower-like flowers in the summer

Also know as Mealycup Sage or Mealy Sage

It typically blooms until frost making it a valuable late season nectar source

Clammyweed is an important plant for pollinators

so the plant does best protected from high winds

Notes Sensitive to root zone disturbance caused by construction

After the leaves drop

sandy and poor rocky soils

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fall Mature height 1-5 ft Mature spread 1-3 ft Attracts Butterflies

well-behaved and had a more formal yet soft appearance