DEAR NEIL: I have dwarf yaupon hollies that have grown a bit too large. Is it OK to trim them now, or should I wait until later? Dear Reader: I’m picturing how I’d imagine they will look after ...

Most likely you are going to replace them as they loose limbs and stop flowering. Q: Portions of my dwarf yaupon hollies are turning brown. What is causing them to die? A: A fungus is lurking ...

I’m a holly fanatic, so they’re my preference for shrubs in the shade, and the best ones in your size range include dwarf yaupon, dwarf Chinese, Carissa, and dwarf Burford. Of those three ...

A spacing of 3 to 5 feet is typical, but small hedges, like a clipped boxwood or dwarf yaupon hedge 2 feet tall, might be spaced less than 2 feet. And exceptionally wide-growing shrubs ...

Most dwarf holly cultivars do not produce fruit ... There are weeping forms available, such as the weeping yaupon holly. There are those that have a very narrow, upright habit, such as the ...

In that size range I’ve used dwarf yaupon holly (no spines on leaves) and Carissa hollies (single spine on leaves, plus the plants are not quite as well suited to west reflected sun off walls).

A good choice for coastal areas, wax myrtles are wind and salt-tolerant. A mounded evergreen shrub, dwarf yaupon holly supplies superior structure in the garden. This dense and bushy shrub ...

It’s a wonderful choice for foundation plantings and low hedges. Also diminutive is dwarf yaupon holly, a small version of a native species (Ilex vomitoria) that’s available in several varieties.

Dwarf yaupon is the most common dwarf shrub in the South. This unique holly species has small, spineless leaves and takes shearing extremely well. There are both red berried and yellow berried ...

If you want a low-growing foundation of green for your landscape, the most commonly used plant is the dwarf yaupon holly – Ilex vomitoria Nana or Dwarf. This plant could eventually grow to 4 ...