tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post4320256584050430939..comments2024-03-16T22:08:36.509-05:00Comments on Rock-Oak-Deer: Plant ABCs - I is for Ilex VomitoriaShirley Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-91382842722883392802012-05-09T15:16:29.696-05:002012-05-09T15:16:29.696-05:00We have lots of holly bushes around here, not your...We have lots of holly bushes around here, not your variety though. Do you get the Holly Blue butterfly ? We get them regularly these days. Didn't used to.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725991262021867082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-86732140705107654852012-05-08T13:16:11.561-05:002012-05-08T13:16:11.561-05:00Hi Shirley! The yaupons grow wild in Houston as we...Hi Shirley! The yaupons grow wild in Houston as well. You really notice them when they are in fruit, because then they seem to really brighten up some of the wild areas near my home. I know the birds are happy to see the fruits as well.Lucy Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09003475476247235443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-28614905030266729342012-05-08T10:08:47.448-05:002012-05-08T10:08:47.448-05:00Good post.
We planted some dwarfs in the front bed...Good post.<br />We planted some dwarfs in the front bed. We'll try to keep them low and rounded...that's the plan, anyway, since they'll be a front edge. I'm hoping it works.<br />We had a tree form at our old place. It was always full of berries. The Mockingbirds loved it.<br />Your alphabet is coming right along.Linda/patchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-19224311271845889632012-05-08T09:34:46.556-05:002012-05-08T09:34:46.556-05:00Nice post and I also like the Yaupon Holly very mu...Nice post and I also like the Yaupon Holly very much! I like the photo with the dwarf and the silver leaf plant--that's a nice combination.Tinahttp://mygardenersays.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-85846505652342318502012-05-08T08:51:30.810-05:002012-05-08T08:51:30.810-05:00Yaupons are one great dwarf tree or bones type-of-...Yaupons are one great dwarf tree or bones type-of-shrub that deserves more use in Abq. Most of the landscapes having them here are national businesses based in TX, whose LA's probably design them in...local landscrapers often unaware of Yaupon and some other plants. <br /><br />Your pics show some great uses, and sound perfect for dry shade...and rocky soil. Taking last summer there tells me how tough it is...nice to know how it performed relative to other hollies. But the form on your 10' tree...my favorite!Desert Dwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952727692048782529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-19900859253836544052012-05-07T20:50:05.216-05:002012-05-07T20:50:05.216-05:00I've never seen any problems with the dwarf ya...I've never seen any problems with the dwarf yaupons. They've been there more than 20 years.<br /><br />Houston is my hometown and I have been amazed at the forests of them that have grown up around the city. It seems almost every undeveloped space is dense with them and I don't remember that from years ago. Crape myrtles were almost a weed in Alabama.<br /><br />There are very few things that are invasive here because our soil is so rocky.Shirley/Rock-Oak-Deerhttp://rockoakdeer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-64810849657151963262012-05-07T20:39:21.096-05:002012-05-07T20:39:21.096-05:00do you have leaf miners on the dwarf. Have you eve...do you have leaf miners on the dwarf. Have you ever seen the natives growin out in the wild near Houston. They are huge and noxious to the ranchers. During the 70's and 80's the multi-trunk Yaupons were very popular in the landscape trade as accent plants. They became so over used kind of like crape myrtles down south.greggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490422976382424491noreply@blogger.com