Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis)
Grow your 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 and spring months. The leaves can be harvested once the
plant is established.