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Semaphore Pricklypear

Consolea corallicola

This is an ENDANGERED plant (listed both Florida and US). Please acquire this endemic plant only from a reputable source. One of several cactus species that is attacked by the cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, which arrived in Florida in 1989, and this invasive species has become a serious threat to the diversity and abundance of Consolea corallicola and Opuntia cacti in North America. Specimen plant

Prominent pale green crownshaft
Available single or multi-stalked
Slender and elegant
Stunning and colorful while in bloom
Wind tolerant

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

Snowberry

Chiococca alba

Nice blog article by Florida Wildflower Foundation. Background plant somewhere between a shrub and vine in character.

Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
Sprawling and informal shrub

Loblolly-bay

Gordonia lasianthus

Makes a good specimen tree or a cluster of in wet areas along margins of lakes and ponds. This tree is columnar in form and can make a formal-looking plant near an entryway.

Heavy feeder
Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
Beloved in South Florida

Grassy Arrowhead

Sagittaria graminea

Often in water. Use in water gardens or along the shallow edges of ponds.

Very rare
Dark green leaves
Beautiful rounded canopy
Huge extremely fragrant flowers
Highly wind tolerant