Ilex vomitoria (female) "Gold Top" Groundcover Shrubs Cistus on Sauvie Island

Cistus on Sauvie Island

hovering like woodland lace above the foliage and drawing bees and the season's early pollinators to nectar-rich centers

opening from late summer into autumn when almost no other camellia is in bloom

the winter jasmine

Ilex vomitoria (female) "Gold Top" Groundcover Shrubs Cistus on Sauvie IslandYaupon 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