YERBA MATE --Ilex paraguariensis-- Elephant Ear Used to enhance and elevate

Used to enhance and elevate moods

leaves can grow to a meter long curving shape with a pointy end

Part sun to bright

AKA Comfortroot

YERBA MATE --Ilex paraguariensis-- Elephant Ear Used to enhance and elevateThis is in the same family as our native Ilex (Yaupon). Our mothers originally came from Argentina and have fruited and flowered in pots in our greenhouse. These plants are cuttings from seedgrown mothers that themselves were second generation plants that lived in Texas their whole lives tldr: several generations of successful Texas growing! The traditional brew, Mat or Chimarro, is made from the dried and roasted leaves. Highly caffeinated, it's