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Pinepink

Bletia purpurea

Retain if present in natural setting. Can be grown in a wildflower garden.

Width often exceeds height
Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
Colorful older leaves
Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage

Scrub Holly

Ilex opaca var. arenicola

Specimen plant. Slow growing.

Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
Colorful older leaves
Recently classified invasive
Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
Somewhat drought tolerant
Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor

Florida Tickseed

Coreopsis floridana

This is one of our larger (taller and larger flowers) Coreopsis species. Useful as a colorful wildflower along the edge of a wetland. Often overlooked as sunflowers are blooming at the same time. But if the site is appropriate, worthwhile.

Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
Narrow canopy
Stately and uncommon
Attractive dark green leaves

Loblolly-bay

Gordonia lasianthus

Makes a good specimen tree or a cluster of in wet areas along margins of lakes and ponds. This tree is columnar in form and can make a formal-looking plant near an entryway.

Heavy feeder
Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
Beloved in South Florida

Yellow Haw

Crataegus flava

Specimen plant, screen plantings, sometimes with unusual or weeping form.

Elegant appearance
Tall and stately
Showy reddish peeling bark
Stately and uncommon
Lovely dark green, shiny leaves