Hedge in wet sites, pond borders. Good for a small thicket. Grow as a small tree or large shrub.

Grow on a trellis, fence, or post.

This tree has male and female plants. Females have red berry-like cones. This species is extremely rare.  Be sure to obtain this plant from properly licensed nurseries. Use as a specimen plant either as a small tree or large shrub.

The wood is noted as being very strong, hence the common name "ironwood" Does not do well much south of its natural range. Small specimen tree. Also good as an understory tree. While rarely grown, this plant is very worth of use in the landscape.

The range of this species is primarily the coastal plain from Texas to North Carolina. A second subspecies (subsp. greenmanii) occurs in the Florida Panhandle where it is endemic and state Endangered Bog gardens, rain gardens, restoration areas.

Plant as a small understory tree. Good as a general background plant that is appropriate to wildlife.

May be annual or perennial depending on weather. Moist wildflower gardens