Crystal Stokes, president of Frank Community Farm, holds a yaupon leaf. The farm produces tea from the plant which they grow at their Sandston location. Photo was taken on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.

Possumhaw holly has deciduous leaves similar to regular yaupon. Growth is similar to tree-form crape myrtles to 12 to 15 feet tall. Medium-sized orange or red berries are found on female plants only.

Yaupon holly has glossy, leathery, evergreen leaves with toothed margins. In spring it produces small, greenish-white flowers, either male or female, which are borne on separate trees.

Holly plants are either male or female. The botanical term for this is “dioecious.” ... Ilex vomitoria “Nana” (dwarf yaupon holly) and Ilex vomitoria “Stokes Dwarf. ...

Long before Earl Grey, Darjeeling and oolong reached our shores, there was yaupon. Tea brewed from the leaves of the yaupon holly has been part of the North American diet for more than 1,000 years ...

Bryon and his brother Kyle became some of the country’s first modern yaupon entrepreneurs upon starting their company in 2012. Until 2023, the business relied entirely on wild yaupon; the plant ...

More than a thousand years after Indigenous Texans began brewing yaupon, the tea—and its aggressive holly plant—is everywhere. Jason Ellis of Lost Pines Yaupon harvests leaves for tea in ...

'Bordeaux' yaupon holly is an adorable shrub that rarely grows past 5 feet tall by 6 feet wide. Despite its small size, it makes a big impact in the landscape, thanks to the bright red or yellow ...

(Yaupon is one of several native holly species in the Southeast.) We snipped off several berry-laden boughs and hauled them back to the house, where we helped Mama adorn nearly every room with them.