Specimen shrub, woodland understory shrub, screen, shrub border, mass plantings

Specimen tree. Red to yellow in the fall.

Used as a foundation or hedge plant. Large shrub to small tree. Can also be used as a specimen plant.

Specimen plant. Slow growing.

Nice blog article by Florida Wildflower Foundation. Background plant somewhere between a shrub and vine in character.

This plant is a legume and its roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules on them. It is useful on nutrient poor soils. Baptisia simplicifolia is a Florida endemic and is listed as Threatened by the FDACS. Treat as a small shrub even though this is not woody or use as a background plant in a wildflower garden.

Wildflower garden, meadow.

Leaves are whorled at intervals around the stem. Wildflower garden, butterfly garden or meadow. Stems spread but not aggressive.

Specimen or hedge plant.

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.

Endemic to the sand ridges of  central and northern peninsular Florida. Forms a thicket with many sprouts from  underground stems.

Not much information is available on growing this species. Likely to be somewhat difficult to establish but very durable once established. Specimen plant. Retain if present on site.

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.

Noted for fragrance. Casual shade garden. It spreads, so eventually acts as a groundcover.

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