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Royal Fern

Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis

Lacy specimen plant in wet settings. Useful in fern gardens or beside a shady water feature. Useful around drainage ponds.

Tall and romantic
Lush, dense shade tree
Narrow enough for tight spaces
Elegant appearance
Easy/Carefree native
Elegant and stately

Cherrybark Oak

Quercus pagoda

The range map for this species suggests that it might occur in the ApalachicolaRiver floodplains even where it had not been documented. Shade tree. This is a large oak.

Flowers profusely year round
Silvery blue-green fronds
Excellent choice for narrow spaces
Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
Somewhat drought tolerant
Long emerald crownshaft

Giant Whitetop

Rhynchospora latifolia

This is a sedge. Most Rhynchospora species are wind pollinated. The white bracts of this species attract insects. Wetland garden or informal savanna.

Beautiful shiny green leaves
Ideal for smaller spaces
Imposing stature
Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads

False-rosemary

Conradina canescens

The Florida Wildflower Foundation has a good pamphlet that includes culture of this species. Gray-green, fine foliage, border plant or individual speciments in a wildflower garden.

Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
Pyramidal crown
Can be kept narrow

Canadian Toadflax

Linaria canadensis

In a wildflower garden or meadow, because it's noticeable only when flowering.

Prolific fruiter
Attractive glossy leaves
Uncommon
Healthy edible fruit
Elegant and stately

Scrub Hickory

Carya floridana

Specimen tree. Use only where roots will be undisturbed.

Unique, fern-like leaves
Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
Sometime grows horozontially
Often draped with Spanish moss
Rare, despite being a South Florida native