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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

Large-flowered Coreopsis

Coreopsis grandiflora

Wildflower garden or butterfly garden. A number of cultivars exist, but none are grown widely in Florida.

Moderately rapid growth
Requires shade when young
Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor

Elephant's-foot

Elephantopus elatus

Called elephant's foot because of the flat basal leaf formation. Meadows and wildflower gardens.

Unique, fern-like leaves
Attractive variegated foliage
Available multi-stalked
Attractive silver-gray foliage

Golden-club

Orontium aquaticum

Curiosity in wetland gardens.

Pyramidal crown
Excellent small hedge
Killed by citrus greening (HLB)