Anyone here use yaupon in place of boxwood with good results?

Superior in my opinion based on what I’ve seen. I’m over boxwoods after mine die off. Amazing driving around my neighborhood and seeing all the partial yellow boxwoods that need to be replaced after a year or two

I have lots of yaupon here in north Texas.
It’s usually good but if the roots are too wet, it will die a slow, miserable decade long death.
I haven’t had a small one die though. Just be careful not to shear them late fall because the promoted new growth will freeze and it’ll take three years to recover.
Boxwood is better IMO but I also heard Louisiana has some considerable boxwood disease going around, so maybe not. Yaupon is darker green and seems to grow slower. I imagine my small hedge Yaupon are dwarf varieties but I don’t know for sure as they were here before me.

if you can find inkberry hollies, they look more like a box to me, without the problems.

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Compact Holly, Illex crenata "compacta"

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inkberry hollies

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I imagine I won’t have an issue keeping these hedged in the 18-24” range?

Not sure how they are as a hedge but dang they send up suckers that are a PITA!

Much better results with yaupons compared to boxwoods. The blight has been tough on boxwoods in the Houston area and they haven’t done well during the freezes either, despite being f covered.