Pride of Houston Yaupon Holly

{"key":"yaupon","id":"PLT-ILEX-VOMI-PRIDE","slug":"yaupon-holly-pride-of-houston","name":"Pride of Houston Yaupon Holly","botanical":"Ilex vomitoria ‘Pride of Houston’","eyebrow":"An evergreen backdrop","benefit":"Privacy with room to grow.","intro":"A fine-textured evergreen for a generous screen or small-tree accent. Its value is the structure it brings to the whole garden—not just the berries in a seasonal picture.","h":[15,20],"w":[8,12],"install":[4,3],"color":"#52613c","habit":"upright","light":"Sun to part shade","lightTags":["sun","part"],"water":"Water to establish; adaptable once rooted","season":"Evergreen · seasonal red berries","care":"Light shaping, or ongoing screen maintenance","site":"A strong starting point for Pensacola screening where a large shrub can have real growing room. Native yaupon is well represented locally; this is a named female selection. Assess direct salt exposure separately from an inland garden.","sizeNote":"This is a large-growing yaupon selection. A nursery shrub can eventually become a small tree. Keeping it as a shorter hedge takes continued pruning; choose a true dwarf yaupon when permanent low growth is the goal.","uses":["A tall privacy layer","A small-tree focal point","A backdrop for lower plants","An informal property-edge screen","Seasonal wildlife interest"],"checks":[["Protect the space beside it","Keep the mature canopy out of pool circulation, gates, windows and overhead services. Start with its full width, then add the access the space needs."],["Plan the form before buying","A multi-stem shrub and a trained tree form create different views and maintenance needs. Confirm the nursery form before the design is finalized."],["Think beyond the berries","This female selection can bear fruit when compatible male pollen is available. Keep fruit and leaf cleanup away from the places where you want the least upkeep."],["Prepare the planting area","Check drainage and water new plants as they establish. A coastal address alone does not establish a plant’s tolerance of an exposed beachfront bed."]],"faq":[["Can I use it as a low hedge?","It can be pruned, but a naturally large plant kept low creates a continuing maintenance commitment. For a lasting low border, compare dwarf yaupon cultivars before buying."],["Will every plant have red berries?","Pride of Houston is a female selection. Fruit production depends on pollination and growing conditions; it is not guaranteed by the rendering."],["Is this the same as dwarf yaupon?","No. The cultivar name matters. This page describes Pride of Houston, not a dwarf cultivar or every plant sold simply as yaupon holly."]],"sources":[["Cultivar size · Mortellaro’s Nursery","https://www.mortellaros.com/plant-name/Ilex-vomitoria-Pride-of-Houston"],["Local context · UF/IFAS Escambia","https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/escambiaco/2023/11/08/weekly-what-is-it-yaupon-holly/"]],"companions":[{"slug":"rose-creek-abelia","name":"Rose Creek Abelia","title":"A flowering foreground","reason":"Consider Rose Creek in a sunny, well-drained bed in front of the holly, outside its eventual canopy.","image":{"id":"6a9f29186dd776cdaf22637e","url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a975baac0f352647862d847/6a9f29186dd776cdaf22637e_landova-shrub-rose-context.webp","alt":"Illustrative planting concept with Rose Creek Abelia"}},{"slug":"vintage-jade-distylium","name":"Vintage Jade Distylium","title":"A lower evergreen layer","reason":"Vintage Jade can repeat the green structure at a lower level. Give each mature footprint its own space.","image":{"id":"6a9f291814791b3f2092920c","url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a975baac0f352647862d847/6a9f291814791b3f2092920c_landova-shrub-vintage-context.webp","alt":"Illustrative planting concept with Vintage Jade Distylium"}}],"detailCaption":"Yaupon foliage and fruit photographed in Pensacola. Species reference; not a verified Pride of Houston specimen.","wholeCaption":"Illustrative young shrub form; use the measured comparison for size.","images":{"context":{"id":"6a9f29174f259866ad352562","url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a975baac0f352647862d847/6a9f29174f259866ad352562_landova-shrub-yaupon-context.webp","alt":"Illustrative planting concept with Pride of Houston Yaupon Holly"},"whole":{"id":"6a9f2916f6a76dadd033b4e0","url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a975baac0f352647862d847/6a9f2916f6a76dadd033b4e0_landova-shrub-yaupon-whole.webp","alt":"Illustrative view of Pride of Houston Yaupon Holly form"},"detail":{"url":"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6a975baac0f352647862d847/6a9e05ff86d32a0db94340e6_landova-plant-yaupon-v2.webp","credit":{"author":"Luteus","sourcePage":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilex_vomitoria.jpg","license":"CC BY 3.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0"},"alt":"Yaupon holly foliage and red fruit photographed in Pensacola; species reference"}},"caution":"Plan for a large shrub or small tree; permanent low hedges need a different selection."}