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Rivina humilis
This species is listed as invasive in Australia. Foundation plantings, small speciment plants. Of year-round interest since it has both blooms and fruits nearly all year.
  • Beautiful rounded canopy
  • Unusual stilt roots
  • Relatively compact and narrow canopy
  • Flowers year round
  • Breathtaking
  • Highly salt tolerant
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Quercus nigra
The wood is weak. Shade tree. Semi-evergreen with leaves falling just before new leaves emerge.
  • Attractive symmetrical appearance
  • Does poorly in very wet soil
  • Can be grown indoors
  • Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
  • Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
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Seymeria spp.
They are included here because they are valuable to insects and because they are lovely and good to have in a native garden if you are lucky enough to have them naturally.   Data on culture has been assumed from where this grows in nature -- it is not typically grown and no reliable data appears to be available. Can parasatize southern pines leading, in heavy infestations, to loss of vigor. Retain in semi-natural gardens.
  • Compact size
  • Does best in cooler areas of South Florida
  • Colorful new leafs
  • Tropical silhouette
  • Excellent small to medium hedge
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Bourreria cassinifolia
Listed as Endangered in Florida. Please acquire only from reputable nurseries. The US range is limited to Florida. Globally, it is also found in the West Indies. Accent shrub, screen plant if used as a hedge.
  • Stately and uncommon
  • Adequate moisture required
  • Underutilized
  • No longer recommended
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Eutrochium fistulosum
Mass planting or specimen plant in moist areas. Best for informal gardens.
  • Magnificent when flowering
  • Deciduous
  • Does best with periodic fertalization
  • Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
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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
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Eryngium yuccifolium
Can be used as an accent plant or grown in the mid-rear of the garden. Also suitable in wildflower gardens. Its broad tolerance of soil and moisture conditions make it a good plant for difficult places. More robust if grown in fertile soils.
  • Christmas tree shape
  • Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
  • Flowers profusely year round
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Bignonia capreolata
To see how crossvine gets its common name, cut a mature stem and you'll see that the pith is cross-shaped. Climbs using tendrils with adhesive disks. Tall climbing vine. Works well on a trellis and can also be allowed to grow up trees. High-climbing, twining, clings by tendrils.
  • Stunning
  • Striking and exotic
  • Available single or multi-stalked
  • Not recommended
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
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Aesculus pavia
Use as a specimen plant or understory tree. May be single or multi-stemmed.
  • Requires protection from strong winds
  • Unique and prized
  • Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
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Tridens flavus
Rear of garden as a screen.  Native meadows.
  • Medium stature
  • Beautiful rounded dense canopy
  • Unique foliage
  • Moderately rapid growth
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Morella inodora
Screen along the edge of swamps. Primarily used for restoration.
  • Elegant
  • Does poorly oceanside
  • Medium stature
  • Handsome
  • Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
  • Adequate moisture required
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Cornus amomum
Has considerable winter interest as its bark is smooth and red. Wet site hedge, wet site specimen plant especially if a clump is suitable.Rarely planted but considerable value especially in areas where most shrubs are bare during the winter.
  • Thick branching into attractive silouttes
  • Wonderfully fragrant
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
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Physalis walteri
Based on BONAP maps and the ISB website, the range of Physalis walteri likely includes the entire peninsula of Florida but becomes restricted to areas close to the coast in much of the panhandle and along the east coast north of the peninsula. Mostly planted for interest in the husked fruits
  • Highly salt tolerant
  • Unique and prized
  • Underutilized
  • Available multi-stalked
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Euphorbia heterophylla
The author treats this as a friendly weed. Pull them if where there is something more desirable. Back of a wildflower garden in a casual setting. Grown en-masse, this plant can be used as a temporary groundcover.
  • Classic Southern tree
  • Rare and unique
  • Silvery blue-green fronds
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Hymenocallis latifolia
One of the authors has had this plant for years in central Florida, but she and at least some others have not seen it bloom here. Another is in north Florida, and it blooms for her. Wildflower beds. This can be a large plant and it will multiply, so give it space.
  • Somewhat salt tolerant
  • Extremely versatile
  • Stunning during brief late spring bloom
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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
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Orontium aquaticum
Curiosity in wetland gardens.
  • Pyramidal crown
  • Excellent small hedge
  • Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
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Manilkara jaimiqui subsp. emarginata
Rare. Listed by the FACS as Threatened.  Please acquire only from reputable dalers with appropriate permits. Screen or buffer plant. Specimen shrub.
  • Narrow canopy
  • Showy reddish peeling bark
  • Majestic, sprawling canopy
  • Attracts butterflies
  • Magnificent showy flowers in summer
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Acer negundo
Its twisting shape makes it an interesting specimen tree.
  • Dense canopy
  • Beautiful rounded canopy
  • Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
  • Handsome
  • Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
  • Damaged by citrus canker