Yerbe Mate
Ilex paraguariensis
Description
Yerba Mate is an evergreen tree with caffeine-infused leaves have been used for many centuries to make a brewed beverage similar to tea. The thick, dark leaves provide color and interest year-round, and small white flowers also blossom in late fall and early winter. In late spring and early summer, small red berries appear on the tree which the seeds come from.
- Botanical Name
- Ilex paraguariensis
- Height
- 25-50'
- Width
- 20-30'
- Sun Exposure
- Full Sun
- Bloom Time
- Early Summer Mid Summer Late Summer Fall
- Bloom Colors
- White
- Foliage Colors
- Light Green
- Water Requirements
- Moderate