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Schoenoplectus pungens
Restoration. Backdrop for a pond. Useful for water quality treatment.
  • Fruit eaten by birds
  • Magnificent
  • Silvery blue-green fronds
  • Moderately rapid growth
  • Prominent pale green crownshaft
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
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Persea humilis
Do not plant this plant unless you are absolutely sure that it is not infected by laurel wilt disease.  In general, this small bay seems to be escaping its ravages. Nice specimen plant. Slow growing.
  • Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
  • Very fast growth rate
  • Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
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Psilotum nudum
This is a primitive plant that produces spores. Typically grown as a curiosity in a shade garden or as an epiphyte. Sometimes grown as a container plant.
  • Long emerald crownshaft
  • Attractive shade tree
  • Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
  • Prolific fruiter
  • Excellent hedge choice
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
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Viburnum rufidulum
Specimen plant, screen plant, understory tree/shrub.
  • Flowers year round
  • Imposing stature
  • Silvery blue-green fronds
  • Highly wind tolerant
  • Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
  • Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
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Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii
Endemic to Florida Listed as Endangered by the USFWS and FL Specimen plant. Screen plant. Can be grown in a mass under trees.
  • Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
  • Elegant and compact
  • Colorful new leafs
  • Excellent edible fruit
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Nyssa ogeche
Shade tree. Screen along wetland edges. Street tree for use in parking lots and median strips. Many acres have been planted to attract bees for honey production.
  • Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
  • Sprawling and informal shrub
  • Prefers acidic soil
  • Healthy edible fruit
  • Prominent pale green crownshaft
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Ardisia escallonioides
Don't confuse this native with the two highly invasive ardisias: coral ardisia (A. crentata) and shoebutton ardisia (A. elliptica). While this will grown in full shade, it blooms better in part sun to sun. Specimen plant or hedge.
  • Damaged by citrus canker
  • Showy creamy white flowers
  • Unique foliage and silhouette
  • Tropical silhouette
  • Deciduous
  • Attractive tiered canopy
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Lyonia lucida
Difficult to transplant. Clonal. May be used as a hedge and takes to pruning.
  • Narrow crown
  • Sprawling and informal shrub
  • Drought tolerant
  • Beautiful rounded canopy
  • Requires occassional fertalization
  • Prominant olive crownshaft
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Lupinus perrenis
It can be difficult to maintain habitat for this plant.  Keeping the competition down seems to be critical (mow, burn, etc.). We know of no Florida nursery carrying this. Wildflower garden, formal garden
  • Requires shade when young
  • Dense, full crown
  • Arched, recurving fronds
  • Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
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Coreopsis nudata
This is one of the few pink tickseeds. Wet garden areas. This species will persist only if conditions remain moist.
  • No longer recommended
  • Highly wind tolerant
  • Pineapple-like showy fruits (female plants)
  • Critically endangered