This is a large tree best used in settings where its form can be appreciated. It is both a specimen tree and and shade tree.

Moist wildflower garden, wetland garden.

Leaves are glaucous and appear to be blue-green sometimes with pink-violet overtones. The range includes the Florida panhandle and much of the penninsula.  Based on BONAP and IRC herbarium specimen maps, it extends north into southern Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.  It is likely absent or of very sparse occurrence in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia, and southeastern Florida. Low hedge or border plant, specimen plant in a wildflower garden, mass planting.

It is listed as Endangered by the state of Florida. Shade tree. Can be used as a specimen tree for its light colored bark. Slow growing.

Low specimen plant, mass plantings. Can be used as a low hedge, even sheared. Useful for beach dune stabilization.

Moist wildflower garden. As it is tall and thin, it's best planted as a group toward the rear of other plants.

Specimen plant or natural background screen.

Makes a nice ground cover in semi-shady to shady areas.