Ilex vomitoria 'Hoskins Shadow' Brookgreen Gardens a compact form that trades

a compact form that trades the usual rounded canopy for a low

a slender column of dense

Site the tree where the early white bloom will show against evergreens or an open sky

obovate leaves running close along reddish stems really could pass for an evergreen huckleberry

Carrying no fruit

Ilex vomitoria 'Hoskins Shadow' Brookgreen Gardens a compact form that tradesYaupon is the small leaved evergreen holly of the southeastern coastal plain, native from Virginia to Texas and a member of the holly family, Aquifoliaceae. Adaptable almost to a fault, salt tolerant, drought tolerant, and content in sun or shade, the species takes shearing as neatly as boxwood and has served Southern gardens for generations as hedge, screen, and clipped structure. 'Hoskins Shadow' is a standout among the named forms: a dense, fast