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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

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

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

Tickseed

Coreopsis major

Leaves are whorled at intervals around the stem. Wildflower garden, butterfly garden or meadow. Stems spread but not aggressive.

Christmas tree shape
Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
Ringed trunk