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Bloodberry

Varronia globosa

Background shrub.

Not recommended
Readily pruned into attractive shapes
Elegant and compact
Salt tolerant

Lance-leaved Tickseed

Coreopsis lanceolata

In central Florida, lanceleaf has a relatively short blooming period compared to Leavenworth's tickseed - wrapping things up by mid-summer, whereas C. Leavenworthii is still flowering come Fall. Coreopsis is the state wildflower. Wildflower beds, butterfly gardens or meadows.

Unique foliage and silhouette
Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
Elegant, dense canopy

Mexican Alvaradoa

Alvaradoa amorphoides

This is listed as an ENDANGERED by the State of Florida An excellent accent shrub or small tree with open, spreading crown. Attractive fine textured, thin leaves and long, hanging spikes of flowers. Dioecious with male and female flowers on separate plants.

Attractive glossy leaves
Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
Silvery blue-green fronds
Elegant appearance

Black-jack Oak

Quercus marilandica

Small to medium tree often with somewhat scruffy form. Retain in a natural setting if present.

Intoxicating fragrance
Thrives only briefly, about 1 year
Very fast growth rate