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Rosa carolina
Information on salt tolerance comes from northern nurseries and likely relates to tolerance of salt used for de-icing or roadways.  The extent to which it would apply to Florida is unknown. Good hedge plant. Rose garden. Rear of a wildflower garden.
  • Uncommon edible fruit
  • Can be grown indoors
  • Attractive dark green leaves
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Viburnum acerifolium
Specimen shrub, woodland understory shrub, screen, shrub border, mass plantings
  • Can be trimmed into manicured shapes
  • Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
  • Narrow canopy
  • Narrow crown
  • Relatively uncommon in South Florida
  • Pyramidal crown
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Symphyotrichum dumosum
Wildflower garden, meadow.
  • Not a true pine
  • Will not tolerate frost
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
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Celtis occidentalis
Further north, this can be a moderately large tree. Not typically grown but worth retaining if present as an understory tree.
  • Attractive variegated foliage
  • Elegant
  • Cold tolerant
  • Fast growth
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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
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Habenaria quinqueseta
Keep it if you have it.
  • Narrow enough for tight spaces
  • Retains leaves until just before blooming
  • Elegant
  • Unusual deep green leaves with bronze underside
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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
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Polystichum acrostichoides
The range of this species includes much of eastern North America up into southern Canada.  Its occurrence in Florida is sparse with appropriate substrate likely being the primary determining factor. Treasure if you have it. Good for rock gardens and shade gardens as an understory plant.
  • No longer recommended
  • Highly wind tolerant
  • Stately and uncommon
  • Unusual stilt roots
  • Beloved in South Florida