Dwarf Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria ‘Nana’ · a dwarf yaupon holly
A dense, rounded native holly with small, glossy leaves that shears into low hedges, mounds and topiary, a Southern workhorse for foundations and edges. It takes heat, drought, salt spray and deer, and grows in sand or clay. It rarely berries, and its brittle branches can snap, so grow it for form, not fruit.
- Mature size
- 4 × 4.5 ft
- 1.2 × 1.4 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 7a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to moist
- Blooms
- Apr
Dwarf Yaupon Holly at its mature size
A mature Dwarf Yaupon Holly grows 3 to 5 feet tall and 3 to 6 feet wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, The Tree Center.
Through the year
What Dwarf Yaupon Holly looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Year-round
Tiny gray-green leaves in a dense mound.
Growing Dwarf Yaupon Holly
- Grows well in
- The Southeast and the Plains and Mountain West.
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Good for
- Hedge, small space, foundation planting, specimen, drought tolerant, deer resistant, pollinators, and fast growing
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Southeastern United States
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Dwarf Yaupon Holly, that’s about 4.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Dwarf Yaupon Holly in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hollies
Soft Touch Japanese Holly
Helleri Japanese HollyDwarf Yaupon Holly
Shamrock InkberryAll drawn to the same scale.