Dwarf Yaupon Holly | Live Gallon Size Plants | Ilex Schilling Stokes

Stokes Ilex Schilling Dwarf Yaupon Holly (Ilex Vomitoria). Dwarf, evergreen shrub with tight branches that create a spreading mound excellent for low hedges, borders, or around foundations. Tiny foliage on twiggy branches that takes well to shearing. A tough plant that tolerates a range of soils conditions and can withstand drought or flooding. This dwarf evergreen shrub’s foliage has small, shiny green leaves that provide excellent shearing characteristics. Its globe shape growth habit reaches 2-3 feet tall. Ideally used as a hedge, border, specimen, and around foundations. This evergreen needs a regular water schedule to ensure the growth of a mature root system. The first year of growth requires watering weekly. After the mature root system is established, watering is needed occasionally, except during a drought, watering is needed regularly. Once mature, shearing is recommended to maintain desired shape. Dwarf, evergreen shrub with tight branches that create a spreading mound excellent for low hedges, borders, or around foundations. Tiny foliage on twiggy branches that takes well to shearing. A tough plant that tolerates a range of soils conditions and can withstand drought or flooding. Growing well in sun or light shade in soils from dry to wet, Schilling's dwarf holly withstands drought when established and is highly salt-tolerant, making it ideally suited to seaside plantings. It is a selection of the native yaupon holly, which grows naturally without irrigation on the dunes along the Atlantic Ocean. Growth rate is slow to moderate.