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Miconia bicolor
Threatened in the State of Florida.  Please acquire plants from reputable sources with any needed permits. Specimen plant. Grown for its showy flowers and shiny dark green leaves with white underside. Also works for screen (hedge) and foundation planting.
  • Relatively compact and narrow canopy
  • Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
  • Massive stature
  • Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
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Nekemias arborea
For special uses only. This tall growing vine can hide unsightly objects in moist places and is useful to providing cover for wildlife and food for birds. When grown on a fence or arbor, new leaves can be bright red in color.
  • Does poorly in very wet soil
  • Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
  • Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
  • Fragrant in the evening
  • Showy red berries
  • Breathtaking and memorable
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Ctenitis sloanei
Specimen plant or mass planting in well-drained but moist, humid sites.
  • Compact and versatile
  • Attractive and unique swollen trunk
  • Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
  • Breathtaking
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Sarracenia minor
Pitchers (leaves) are mostly green with red coloration near the upper parts. Bog gardens.
  • Massive stature when mature
  • Attractive tiered canopy
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
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Carpinus caroliniana
Retain if in the landscape. Can be used as a specimen plant in areas not subject to root disturbance.
  • Attractive tiered canopy
  • Cornerstone plant in South Florida
  • Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
  • Grows tall, but not massive
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Paronychia rugelii
This low growing plant is a good ground cover
  • Medium stature
  • Very showy clusters of flowers
  • Narrow enough for tight spaces
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Gelsemium rankinii
Rarely grown but worthy of consideration for moist areas. Poisonous and nectar may be toxic to some insects. Grow on support or up a tree in moist areas. Can make a good screen on a fence.
  • Tall and stately
  • Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
  • Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
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Amsonia ciliata
The blue tubular flower opens into 5 petal-like lobes with a white center. Several blossoms grow in a loose cluster. Narrow seed pods and dark yellow fall color make this an attractive garden plant. Wildflower garden. Blooms late spring. Fall foliage color is orange-yellow.
  • Healthy edible fruit
  • Does best in cooler areas of South Florida
  • Width often exceeds height
  • Slow Growth
  • Dark green leaves
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Jacquemontia reclinata
This is a Florida endemic listed by the USFWS and the State of Florida as Endangered.  Please acquire only from reputable sources that have the proper permits. Groundcover in dry coastal settings.
  • Striking symmetrical appearance
  • Striking silhouette
  • Wind tolerant
  • Attractive and unique swollen trunk
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Hibiscus furcellatus
This is a wetland plant. It is rarely grown, but it has potential in appropriate sites. Hedges, screening.
  • Rare and unique
  • Attractive symmetrical appearance
  • Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
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Viola spp.
Naturalistic woodland landscapes.
  • Showy reddish peeling bark
  • Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
  • Wind tolerant
  • Attractive glossy leaves
  • Dense attractive foliage
  • Unique fluffy fronds
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Angadenia berteroi
Wildflower garden. Flowers in spring and summer.
  • Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
  • Lush, dense shade tree
  • Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
  • Wonderfully fragrant flowers
  • Stunning and colorful while in bloom
  • Massive, breathtaking and impressive
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Quercus muehlenbergii
The range of this species barely makes it into north Florida but extends north to southern Canada. Shade tree.
  • Elegant
  • Towering
  • Extremely versatile
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Hibiscus moscheutos
Use in moist areas as a wildflower. It is semi-woody, and if given adequate moisture can be a specimen plant.
  • Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
  • Handsome
  • Very showy bright yellow flowers
  • Christmas tree shape
  • Dark green leaves
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Ulmus alata
May need trimming to form a single trunk tree for landscaping. Makes an excellent specimen tree due to the corky wings on its twigs. Older speciments are good shade trees.
  • Stunning during brief late spring bloom
  • Swollen, succulent branches
  • Symmetrical shape
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Conradina canescens
The Florida Wildflower Foundation has a good pamphlet that includes culture of this species. Gray-green, fine foliage, border plant or individual speciments in a wildflower garden.
  • Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
  • Pyramidal crown
  • Can be kept narrow
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Frangula caroliniana
Specimen tree, can also be containerized, hedge plant, patio plant, or median plant.
  • Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
  • Requires ample space and light
  • Cold tolerant
  • Beautiful rounded dense canopy
  • Highly nutritious fruit
  • Extremely versatile
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Ageratina jucunda
Wildflower garden.  Low borders.
  • Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
  • Dense attractive foliage
  • Bright red fruits
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Heliotropium curassavicum
Can be used as a groundcover in semi-shady areas. Perhaps more interesting than showy.
  • Rare and unique
  • Fruit attracts wildlife
  • Lush, dense shade tree
  • Moderately slow growth
  • Stunning during brief late spring bloom
  • Wide umbrella-shaped canopy
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Cornus asperifolia
Forms thickets. Best used as a screen or buffer plant.
  • Will not tolerate frost
  • Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
  • Moderately drought tolerant
  • Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
  • Arched, recurving fronds
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Hypericum lissophloeus
Listed as Endangered in Florida.  Please follow all State requirements for growing and transporting this species. Best used as a shoreline plant in the Sand Hill Lakes region of Bay and Washington counties. Treat as a thin, lacy background plant with shiny bark.
  • Rare and unique
  • Showy creamy white flowers
  • Attractive symmetrical appearance
  • Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
  • Moderately rapid growth
  • Prolific fruiter