Ilex cornuta 'D'Or' Drought Tolerant and will not abide standing

and will not abide standing water or heavy

the classic mallow saucer set against distinctly gray-green foliage

and few plants have earned an epithet so plainly

Roasted yaupon leaves and twigs were the source of the caffeinated 'black drink' that Indigenous peoples of the Southeast brewed for ceremony and trade

and as Summersweet

Ilex cornuta 'D'Or' Drought Tolerant and will not abide standingIlex cornuta 'D'Or' is the golden fruited version of a garden classic, a glossy evergreen Chinese holly hung through fall and winter with large, clear yellow berries in place of the usual red. The dark green, leathery leaves are nearly spineless, most carrying just a single spine at the tip, so the effect is polished rather than fierce, the bright fruit standing out cleanly against the deep foliage. The plant began as a happy accident. Sometime in the