Palms | Garden South Florida

Filter Sort

Sort

Sort By :

By :

Plant height range » From value

Plant height range » To value

Plant width range » From value

Plant width range » To value

Fulltext search

Has bloom colors filter

Sort by

Order

Gulf Cordgrass

Spartina spartinae

Primarily useful for coastal restoration projects.

Ringed trunk
Colorful fall foliage
Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
Adequate moisture required
Distinctive-looking fruit with spiked exterior

Silk-grass

Pityopsis graminifolia

Minimize competition especially if it is over-topping the Pityopsis. Wildflower garden. Foliage can be attractive year-round as silvery-gray green. Also suitable for naturalizing. The foliage will spread into a small mat which can be used to some extent as a groundcover.

Ringed trunk
Pleasant rounded shape
Long-lasting year-round blooms
Readily pruned into attractive shapes
Stunning colorful foliage

Wafer-ash

Ptelea trifoliata

Understory tree, use as a background plant or screen.

Very showy bright yellow flowers
Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
Relatively uncommon in South Florida
Native

Walter's Viburnum

Viburnum obovatum

The name Walter's viburnum honors Thomas Walter (1740-89), English-born planter of South Carolina, who described this species in his Flora Caroliniana. Specimen plant, hedge or screen plant. Can be allowed to form a thicket, sheared, or kept pruned into a tree. Fast growing.

Unusual stilt roots
Slender profile
Requires protection from strong winds
Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
Excellent hedge choice