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Southeastern Tickseed

Coreopsis gladiata

Wildflower or butterfly garden.

Intoxicating fragrance
Slow Growth
Attractive shade tree
Not as popular as it once was
Towering

Black-jack Oak

Quercus marilandica

Small to medium tree often with somewhat scruffy form. Retain in a natural setting if present.

Intoxicating fragrance
Thrives only briefly, about 1 year
Very fast growth rate

Meadow-beauty

Rhexia spp.

Wildflower in moist garden. Forms colonies.

Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
Drought tolerant
Flowers year round
Compact and versatile

Skyblue Jacquemontia

Jacquemontia pentanthos

This species is listed as Endangered by the State of Florida. Please acquire only from reputable sources with proper permits. Grow as a sprawling vine (will need to be tied to a fence or trellis) or used as a groundcover.

Elegant and compact
Dense, full crown
Cornerstone plant in South Florida
Imposing stature

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

Bahama Wild-coffee

Psychotria ligustrifolia

Specimen or hedge plant.

Extremely versatile
Distinctive-looking fruit with spiked exterior
Beautiful rounded canopy
Majestic and graceful

Sweet-bay Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

The silvery undersides of the leaves are striking. Erroneously listed as a host for palamedes swallowtail butterflies. Palamedes swallowtails only feed on native members of the genus Persea. Specimen plant in moist areas. Rain gardens and bioswales. Wetland tree. In wetlands, it forms clonal thickets making it useful for wetland restoration.

Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
Attractive silver-gray foliage
Heavy feeder

Balloonvine

Cardiospermum corindum

Blooms all year. Recruits readily in the garden from seed. Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also butterfly gardens.

Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
Beautiful rounded dense canopy
Flowers profusely year round

Bush Aster

Symphyotrichum dumosum

Wildflower garden, meadow.

Not a true pine
Will not tolerate frost
Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Range barely reaches north Florida. Specimen shrub, border, windbreak. This is a spreading, somewhat sprawling shrub.

Formal, old-world appearance
Thrives only briefly, about 1 year
Drought tolerant

Slenderleaf Obedient Plant

Physostegia leptophylla

Water gardens and pond edges. Moist wildflower gardens.

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

Soldierwood

Colubrina elliptica

Small specimen tree or large shrub. Background edge and screen plantings.

Cornerstone plant in South Florida
Showy creamy white flowers
Massive stature
Silvery blue-green fronds

Bald-headed Carphephorus

Carphephorus carnosus

Endemic to Florida. Wildflower garden,

Recently classified invasive
Extremely popular
Bright red fruits
Requires protection from strong winds
Flowers year round

Savanna Gayfeather

Liatris savannensis

Endemic to western peninsular Florida from Tampa south to Charlotte County. Wildflower garden.

Salt tolerant
Very slow growth
Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
Sprawling and informal shrub

Chapman's Oak

Quercus chapmanii

This is a small clonal oak that can be used in a thicket as a screen.

Colorful fall foliage
Stunning during brief late spring bloom
Self-shedding fronds
Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging

Pond Pine

Pinus serotina

Rarely grown. This tree occurs predominantly in the coastal plain (withoutliers) from eastern Alabama north to southern New Jersey. Shade tree for moist sites. Forest tree.

Dense attractive foliage
Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
Iconic symbol of the south
Unique and prized
Recently classified invasive
Prefers acidic soil

Scarlet Morningglory

Ipomoea hederifolia

The flowers are smaller than on most other native morning-glories, but they are attractive. Grow on fence or trellis.

Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
Prominant olive crownshaft
Self-shedding fronds

Bartram's Ixia

Calydorea caelestina

This is an endangered species. Please do not steal from the wild. Mostly grown as a curiosity as it is an early morning bloomer and nearly invisible when not in flower. Grow in a wildflower garden.

Attractive silver-gray foliage
Can be trimmed into manicured shapes
Narrow canopy
Recently classified invasive
Massive, breathtaking and impressive

West Indian Cherry

Prunus myrtifolia

Listed as Threatened by the FDACS. Specimen tree, edge plant, or part of a clump of trees.

Attractive dark green leaves
Wind tolerant
Highly salt tolerant
Attractive symmetrical appearance
Dense attractive foliage

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