Ilex vomitoria (female) "Gold Top" Groundcover Shrubs drooping spikelets shaped like flattened

drooping spikelets shaped like flattened oats that dangle from thread-fine stems and set the whole plant nodding at the least breath of air

Set a plant within pollen range of berried females such as 'Hoskins Shadow' or 'Yawkey' and the females fruit heavily

sends up rockets of feathery purple in the heart of summer

hovering like woodland lace above the foliage and drawing bees and the season's early pollinators to nectar-rich centers

Ilex vomitoria (female) "Gold Top" Groundcover Shrubs drooping spikelets shaped like flattenedYaupon is the small leaved evergreen holly of the southeastern coastal plain, native from Virginia to Texas and a member of the holly family, Aquifoliaceae. Tough, salt tolerant, drought tolerant, and endlessly shearable, the species has anchored Southern gardens for generations. 'Gold Top' rings a color change on the familiar green: each spring the new growth flushes a bright yellow green, gilding the tips of a compact, dense female shrub, and in