Ilex paraguariensis ‘Yerba Mate’
Grow you own Yerba Mate and enjoy this popular South American tea as an alternative beverage to coffee. In Latin America, Yerba Mate is the beverage of choice and has a smoother taste than green tea, plus it’s loaded with antioxidants. The plant itself makes a wonderful potted plant for its graceful full-leafed branches. Under warm temperatures, it grows throughout the year, even in the north as a potted plant with flowers arriving during the winter/spring months. The leaves can be harvested once the plant is established. Grow in full sun with temperature above 65° for fastest growth.

Hardy to Zone 10 and higher for outdoors.

Full to partial sun, grows to 2-4' in container, minimum temperature indoors 50°, blooms in the Winter and Spring.

Ilex Plant Care