If you’re a member of the clipped hedge crowd, you can stop reading this blog now. Because we enjoy a more naturalistic look, we never shear any woody plants at JLBG. We find the diversity of shapes and forms of plants to be fascinating, and worthy of embracing, instead of making them conform to a single standard. While some plants have a natural clipped form, one that does not, is this selection of our native yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria ‘Gray’s Little Leaf’. This male selection from the O. S. Gray Nursery (1932-1986) of Texas, has extremely small foliage, which, combined with an upright, open growing habit, creates a truly unique specimen. It’s hard to show it well in a photo, but this really is a cool garden specimen. Hardiness Zone 6b-9b.
One thing that would help your photos is inclusion of a measurement reference so we can get a better idea of the size of the plant.
Great point. We try and give measurements in most cases, but missed this one.
Bet it would get more attention if its name was something like “Crazy Teenage Hair”!
That seems appropriate