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Scrub Holly

Ilex opaca var. arenicola

Specimen plant. Slow growing.

Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
Colorful older leaves
Recently classified invasive
Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
Somewhat drought tolerant
Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor

Bigleaf Marsh-elder

Iva frutescens

Retain in the landscape for coastal protection where present. Used for dune restoration.

Highly nutritious fruit
Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
Pineapple-like showy fruits (female plants)

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

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.

No longer recommended
Highly wind tolerant
Stately and uncommon
Unusual stilt roots
Beloved in South Florida

Vanilla-plant

Carphephorus odoratissimus

Wildflower garden or meadow..

Moderately drought tolerant
Sometime grows horozontially
Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
Striking silhouette
Unique, fern-like leaves
Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring

Krug's Holly

Ilex krugiana

Listed as Threatened in Florida. Please acquire only from appropriately licensed sources. Specimen tree or understory tree.

Flowers year round
Highly versatile
Will not tolerate frost
Not as popular as it once was
Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk

Variableleaf Sunflower

Helianthus heterophyllus

Moist wildflower meadows.

Attractive glossy leaves
Dark green leaves
Wonderfully fragrant at night
Moderately drought tolerant
Unique and prized

Beachberry

Scaevola plumieri

This is a rare plant. Please acquire from a reputable nursery. It is close kin to an invasive exotic (S. frutescens)from Australia -- be sure you are planting the native. If present in the landscape, retain. Use as a shrub in coastal areas where it can make a nice screen, form a hedge, or be a foundation plant. Also appropriate for dune stabilization.

Can be kept narrow
Colorful fall foliage
Uniquely shaped with a muscular look