Ilex vomitoria (female) "Gold Top" Groundcover Shrubs and tend to arrive in

and tend to arrive in numbers when the flowers open

sends up rockets of feathery purple in the heart of summer

never in a hurry

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

This is a tree that teaches patience

Ilex vomitoria (female) "Gold Top" Groundcover Shrubs and tend to arrive inYaupon 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