Desert Yaupon
Schaefferia cuneifolia
Desert yaupon is a dense, fine-textured evergreen shrub of south Texas brush with translucent red berries that birds love, a tough, drought-proof native for screening.
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- TX