{"product_id":"yaupon-holly-tree","title":"Yaupon Holly Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eTexas has its own evergreen screen and it is better than the one you were sold. Yaupon holly is native, drought-proof, evergreen, and loaded with red berries by December. It takes shade, full sun, black clay, caliche and neglect. Our competitor will ship you a Nellie Stevens holly out of South Carolina. We will sell you the holly that was already here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat actually ships\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e3-Gallon:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4 ft tall, upright female selection, container-grown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e7-Gallon:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 to 6 ft tall, upright female selection, container-grown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e5-Pack Privacy Row:\u003c\/strong\u003e Five 3-gallon plants, 3 to 4 ft, matched for height within 6 in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRoot form:\u003c\/strong\u003e Container-grown, root ball intact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBerries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yaupon is dioecious. Only female plants fruit. \u003cstrong\u003eWe ship named female selections only\u003c\/strong\u003e and the cultivar is printed on the tag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipped as:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upright in a corrugated carton, soil bagged at the collar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMature size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15 to 25 ft (upright forms)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpread:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 to 12 ft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate, 1 to 2 ft per year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScreening:\u003c\/strong\u003e At 6 to 8 ft on-center a row closes into a solid evergreen screen in about 4 years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere it grows\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7 to 10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTexas planting window:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15 to February 28\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative status:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTrue Texas native.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ilex vomitoria, native across East and Central Texas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anything, including poorly drained clay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSun:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to fairly deep shade. One of very few natives that truly does both\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater:\u003c\/strong\u003e Low once established\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTexas care notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 8 ft on-center for a screen, 12 ft as a specimen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBerries:\u003c\/strong\u003e The berries are mildly toxic to people and pets in quantity. Birds eat them all winter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYaupon tea:\u003c\/strong\u003e The leaves are the only native North American caffeine source. Roast and steep them. The Latin name is a 300-year-old slander, it does not make you vomit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShip window and your cancellation right\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eField-grown Texas stock ships during the dormant season. \u003cstrong\u003eOrders ship between October 15 and December 15, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e, oldest order first. That is deliberate: Texas Arbor Day is the first Friday in November (November 6, 2026) because fall is when a tree should go in the ground here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf we cannot ship inside that window we will email you \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e it closes with a revised date and a one-click cancel link. If the new date is 30 days or less past the original, you can wait or cancel, your choice. If we need more than 30 days, your order is cancelled and refunded automatically unless you tell us to hold it. Refunds go back to your original card within 7 business days. This is the FTC Mail Order Rule (16 CFR Part 435) and we would rather you use it than be surprised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe spec is the promise\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeasure your tree against the \"What actually ships\" numbers above on the day it arrives. If it misses the spec, photograph it and we refund you in full and you keep the tree. We are not going to send you a stick and a photograph of somebody else's oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this image:\u003c\/strong\u003e our product photography is an illustrative rendering of a mature, well-grown specimen of this species. It is not a photograph of the individual plant you will receive. 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