SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’

COMMON NAME: Nana Yaupon Holly (female)

GARDEN SIZE: 3-5 ft. tall x 3-6 ft. wide

USDA ZONE: 7-9

EXPOSURE: Full Sun to Part Sun

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

HABIT (FORM): Dwarf, dense, rounded shrub

FOLIAGE: Evergreen; long, yellow-green new growth that matures to dark green

BLOOMS: Inconspicuous greenish-white flowers in the spring (April). Fragrant.

FRUIT: Produces red drupes 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 right after blooming if shaping is desired. Blooms on old growth.