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Spiked Blazing-star

Liatris spicata

Wildflower garden.

Smaller stature
Classic Southern tree
Lovely dark green, shiny leaves

Eastern Silver Aster

Symphyotrichum concolor

Benefits from controlled burns. There are contradictions in herbarium databases, and reliable observations in counties where there are no herbarium specimens. Probably native in low abundance in dry (xeric) native grasslands and open pinelands throughout the state. Makes a colorful contribution to a native plant meadow. Becomes darker (more purple) after pollination. When flowering, the stem needs support from surrounding plants. It is primarily a fall bloomer.

Tiered branches
Wind tolerant
Sometime grows horozontially
Massive stature
Width often exceeds height
Slender and elegant

Cat's-claw

Specimen shrub. Thorniness makes it a good property edge hedge.

Ringed trunk
Striking silhouette
Drought tolerant
Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
Flowers year round

American Holly

Ilex opaca

Both male and female plants required for pollination and seed set. Specimen tree. Screen.

Fruit eaten by birds
Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
Moderately slow growth