In the 1500s, when Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca traveled across Texas, he noted that members of the tribes he came across drank yaupon.

AF: Our crews harvest wild yaupon from our land and our neighbors’ land in Cat Spring. In our part of Texas, yaupon is very prolific and makes up most of the undergrowth of any land left wild ...

You can buy yaupon as loose or bagged tea, advertised as equally good hot or cold. Or if you live in an area roughly stretching from Texas to Florida and up to Virginia, yaupon will likely come to ...

Q: Our yaupon holly has been yellowing for the past year or more. Nearby ligustrums and Texas mountain laurels help make this a green fence, but I’m trying to eliminate the yellowing. Adding ...