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Kidneyleaf Rosinweed

Silphium compositum

Wildflower garden.

Attractive glossy leaves
Wonderfully fragrant at night
Unique and prized
Thick branching into attractive silouttes
Striking silhouette

Four-petal St. Peter's-wort

Hypericum tetrapetalum

Moist wildflower garden.

Produces aromatic flowers year-round
Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
Smaller stature

Slenderleaf Obedient Plant

Physostegia leptophylla

Water gardens and pond edges. Moist wildflower gardens.

Formal, old-world appearance
Not recommended
Huge extremely fragrant flowers

Grassleaf Barbara's Buttons

Marshallia graminifolia

Small wildflower in moist areas.

Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
Wind tolerant
Flowers profusely year round
Prominent pale green crownshaft
Pyramidal crown
Narrow crown

Pinepink

Bletia purpurea

Retain if present in natural setting. Can be grown in a wildflower garden.

Width often exceeds height
Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
Colorful older leaves
Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage

Elliott's Lovegrass

Eragrostis elliottii

Wildflower garden. Mass plantings.

Elegant
Elegant and stately
Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance

Scrub Beargrass

Nolina brittoniana

This is listed by the USFWS as Endangered and may require landowner permission and/or permits to transplant. Please do not disturb this species unless this is a plant rescue. Wildflower garden.

Excellent choice for narrow spaces
Dark green leaves
Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young

Flyr's Nemesis; Heart-leaf Brickellbush

Brickellia cordifolia

This is a rare plant. Please acquire responsibly (don't steal from the wild). Not common in the nursery trade (we are aware of one North Florida nursery that sells it). Back up flower beds

Attractive symmetrical appearance
Beautiful rounded canopy
Very rare
Slender and elegant
Easy/Carefree
Prominent pale green crownshaft

Parrot Pitcher Plant

Sarracenia psittacina

In natural settings, benefits from fire. Bog gardens.

Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
Very slow growth
Attractive shade tree
Flowers profusely year round
Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels

Sea-oxeye Daisy

Borrichia frutescens

Natural range is restricted to coastal areas. Native borders, foundation plant, especially in salty environments. Can be trimmed.

Will not tolerate frost
Relatively uncommon in South Florida
Very full crown

Summer Farewell

Dalea pinnata

Three species occur in Florida. Please plant your local variety. Wildflower garden where it is very showy in late summer/early fall.

Majestic, sprawling canopy
Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
Tiered branches