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 76/ Yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria

Related to matcha tea plant from Argentina. Mine are a wild, tree-forming type not a cultivated dwarf-type. I forget they exist. I don’t water them and only fertilized them to get established. They share a pot with boko spinach. They’re too small to do anything with at the moment but I have plans to test out recipes next year. Survive high winds. Raw leaves are spinach-y and a bit pungent, only good dried.