The cream-colored petals are crimped at the margins with numerous dark-purple stamen filaments and bluish anthers. Silky hairs cover the lower leaf surface. Specimen plant. This is an open-branched shrub that can be trained into a small tree. It prefers habitats under a high canopy.

Specimen or background plant. It is unusual in that it blooms in the fall.

This species may not survive well near the southern end of its range especially if grown in full sun and droughty conditions. And even if it does survive, it does not have the impact that it does in the north, where the flowers stand out in the landscape before any leaves emerge in the spring. Specimen tree. It is known for its showy white "flowers" in the spring. What appears to be the flower petals are actually large bracts. The true flowers occur in a group in the center of the bracts. They are small and yellow-green.

Blooms mid- summer into fall. Wildflower garden, border plant, rain gardens, containers.

Not frequently seen for sale, but readily available from plant fragments. Used in wetland restoration. Water gardens and ponds.

Leaves are aromatic. Groundcover for sunny, dry sites. Spreads by rooting at the nodes.

This is one of the few Florida oaks that looks like an oak to most people from the eastern US north of Florida. Tends to be smaller toward the southern end of its range. Specimen or shade tree.

Listed as Endangered in Florida. Rarely planted.  Given the proper support this plant could likely be used as a climbing vine hedge.

The natural range in Florida appears to include the entire mainland and exclude the Florida keys.  Herbarium specimen in the Florida Keys was in a man-made pond leading to the suspicion that the plant was brought in by man and that the keys are not within the natural range of the species. The counties where the plant has not been documented are well within the range of the species and have ample habitats to support this common species (this author has seen it in most of those counties). Wetland gardens and pond edges. Used in wetland restoration.

Prolific bloomer: very showy. Fragrant. Understory tree. Specimen plant in moist areas.

These pretty little plants are not typically grown, most likely because they are annuals or short-lived perennials and require moist settings. Moist wildflower garden. Grow as annuals.

Groundcover recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restoration.

It is listed as Threatened by the State of Florida. Specimen plant

Endemic to Florida. Occasionally grown as a curiosity.

Groundcover.

The range of shortleaf pine extends north into New Jersey and Pennsylvania (maybe further north), and west into Texas and Oklahoma.  It has some oddities in the BONAP maps that suggest that it has been poorly documented with herbarium specimens in Georgia.  Based on what we know from BONAP and ISB, the range in north Florida is likely continuous, but likely  does not extend down to the Gulf Coast.  Given land uses, it may once of been more frequent and included counties from which there are no herbarium specimens.  This pine has been used commercially for timber production, especially north of Florida.  Overall, it appears appropriate to plant this species in appropriate soil conditions anywhere in the Florida panhandle and east to Columbia County. Shade tree. Forest tree.

Dry wildflower garden.  Abundant flowers are produced near the ends of the stems.