Ilex vomitoria (male) Bob McCartney Upright clusters of greenish yellow

Upright clusters of greenish yellow flowers open in spring

Use the shrub as a low informal hedge

or a vine that forgot to fully climb

a small caution worth noting

Smooth aster is one of the cleanest and most dependable of the fall natives

Ilex vomitoria (male) Bob McCartney Upright clusters of greenish yellowYaupon is the small leaved evergreen holly of the southeastern United States, native along the coastal plain from Virginia to Texas and a member of the holly family, Aquifoliaceae. Salt tolerant, drought tolerant, and willing in sun or shade, the species shears as cleanly as boxwood and has long been a Southern mainstay for hedges, screens, and topiary. This is the straight male form: no berries, since male hollies never fruit, but a dense, dependable