SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ilex vomitoria ‘Pride of Houston’

COMMON NAME: Pride of Houston Yaupon Holly (female)

GARDEN SIZE: 15 ft. tall x 8 ft. wide

GROWTH RATE: Medium

USDA ZONE: 7-9

EXPOSURE: Full Sun to Part Shade

WATER & SOIL: Prefers medium to moist slightly acidic, well-drained soil.

HABIT (FORM): Upright

FOLIAGE: Evergreen; chartreuse, glossy oval new growth matures to dark green

BLOOMS: Inconspicuous greenish-white flowers in the spring

FRUIT: Produces abundant red drupes (berries) in the fall and winter if paired with a male yaupon holly such as Stoke's Dwarf, Bordeaux, Schillings Dwarf, or Will Fleming.

CARE: Use an acid-loving plant fertilizer in the late winter or early spring before the first flush of growth. Prune annually in late winter after the threat of frost if shaping is desired. Handles pruning well. Blooms on old growth.