The yaupon holly considered by many as a weed in the South is actually an energizing tea that's been around for centuries. It's a rarity to start my morning with anything other than a steaming cup of ...

DEAR NEIL: I bought two yaupon holly trees for my yard. One has a great crop of berries every winter. The other has never had the first berry. What can I do to get it to bear fruit? Dear Reader: My ...

Dear Neil: I bought two yaupon holly trees for my yard. One has a great crop of berries every winter. The other has never had the first berry. What can I do to get it to bear fruit? A: My bet would be ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 25 (UPI) --Yaupon, a native American holly shrub, is gaining new attention in research and agriculture as a locally sourced, drought-resistant crop that can make a tea rich in ...

Lavender Coconut, the bestseller at the Yaupon Brothers American Tea cafe and processing facility in Edgewater, Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Yaupon tea is made from the leaves of the Yaupon holly ...

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Growth habit: An evergreen tree with an open rounded to irregular shape growing to 25 feet tall and wide. The dark green leaves are elliptic in shape with a crenate margin growing to more than an inch ...

I recently saw two grand weeping yaupon hollies growing at a business in Columbia, Mississippi, and was reminded of how useful these trees are in the landscape. Their graceful, cascading branches and ...

Question: One of my large native yaupons trees (8ft) fell away from a group during the hurricane. I have uprighted and tied it off for stability. Now the leaves are all brown and falling. Is the tree ...

There seems to be something mysterious in the minds of gardeners about using weeping trees in the landscape. Maybe it is a fear of doing it wrong, or perhaps some thought that a weeper just doesn't ...