Red/orange fall color is excellent. Leaves have three separate shapes: ovoid, tri-lobed, or mitten-shaped (left or right). Mature trees tend to have fewer lobed leaves. Subject to laurel wilt disease.  Please be careful not to move firewood or dead wood around.  Best not planted in areas where laurel wilt is present. A relatively small tree that often forms thickets. Best used in informal settings.

Primarily useful for coastal restoration projects.

Specimen shrub. Fine foliage. Does well adjacent to structures or woods.

Use along streams or edges of retention areas. Can be a screen or specimen tree in moist areas. Blooms better in moderate to high light settings.

Hedges, screens.

Called elephant's foot because of the flat basal leaf formation. Meadows and wildflower gardens.

One of the authors has had this plant for years in central Florida, but she and at least some others have not seen it bloom here. Another is in north Florida, and it blooms for her. Wildflower beds. This can be a large plant and it will multiply, so give it space.

Wildflower garden, groundcover

Specimen shrub.  Thorniness makes it a good property edge hedge.