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Little Floating Hearts

Nymphoides cordata

Water gardens and plantings of surface water management ponds.

Very showy clusters of red flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees
Unique fluffy fronds
Not recommended
Compact size
Excellent small to medium hedge

Laurel Oak

Quercus laurifolia

Depending on who you ask, there are two laurel oaks in Florida. Q. laurifolia (swamp laurel oak) and Q. hemisphaerica (Darlington oak, sand laurel oak). The taxonomists don't agree, and it appears that the two are distinctively different in north Florida but very much alike in southern and south Florida. They are separated here because one is a wetland and floodplain plant, the other grows in dry uplands. Some authors note that regardless of ID, they get planted without much regard for origin or drainage. Often grown as a specimen tree, fast growing.

Massive stature
Unique foliage
Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
Unusual deep green leaves with bronze underside

Atlantic St. John's-wort

Hypericum tenuifolium

Works well in a wildflower garden or as a low border plant.

Stately and uncommon
Showy red berries
Bright red fruits
Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
Magnificent when flowering
Pyramidal crown

Catalpa

Catalpa bignonioides

Specimen or shade tree.

Attractive dark green leaves
Beautiful rounded dense canopy
Relatively compact and narrow canopy