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All Of South Florida Except The Keys South Of Lake O And Coastal Areas Clear all
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Cyrilla racemiflora
Hedge plant.
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
  • Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
  • Rapid growth
  • Cold tolerant
  • Ringed trunk
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Ipomoea alba
Blooms open late in the day and remain open through the night. Fragrant. Can be agrown as an anuual north of its native range.  Considered to be invasive in subtropical and tropical areas outside of its natural range. Recommended only for use where it can be controlled such as on a trellis or in areas where expansive growth is appropriate. Rain gardens or bioswales.
  • Forms an open canopy
  • Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
  • Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
  • Fast growth
  • Highly wind tolerant
  • Requires protection from strong winds
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Hypericum hypericoides
Mass plantings, small specimen shrubs
  • Stout, swollen trunk
  • Beautiful exotic foliage
  • Beautiful silhouette
  • No longer recommended
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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
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Psychotria tenuifolia
Interesting silky-looking foliage. Tallish groundcover in mesic (moist) areas. Can be planted in groupings in shady areas. Despite the name, the leaves are pretty, almost silky or velvety in appearance.
  • Beautiful exotic foliage
  • Attractive mottled bark
  • Narrow enough for tight spaces
  • Damaged by citrus canker
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Illicium parviflorum
The natural range of this plant is quite limited, but it has become a native landscaping favorite over a much broader range. Hedges, specimen shrubs, screens, foundation plantings.
  • Can be trimmed into manicured shapes
  • Towering
  • Stout, swollen trunk
  • Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
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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
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Frangula caroliniana
Specimen tree, can also be containerized, hedge plant, patio plant, or median plant.
  • Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
  • Requires ample space and light
  • Cold tolerant
  • Beautiful rounded dense canopy
  • Highly nutritious fruit
  • Extremely versatile
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Bourreria succulenta
Weeping branches. Specimen tree, hedge, or screen.
  • Unique purple-brown crownshaft
  • Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
  • Arched, recurving fronds
  • Easy/Carefree
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Rhizophora mangle
Salt water is not required. This species is cold sensitive near the northern ends of its range and may die back during extreme freezes. Mangroves are protected and you may not trim or remove them. See this Florida DEP web page for the latest information: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/central/Home/SLERP/Mangroves/mangroves.htm Very good for coastal stabilization. Can act as a specimen plant in coastal areas. This tree is noted for its prop roots.
  • Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
  • Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
  • Ideal for smaller spaces
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Viola spp.
Naturalistic woodland landscapes.
  • Showy reddish peeling bark
  • Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
  • Wind tolerant
  • Attractive glossy leaves
  • Dense attractive foliage
  • Unique fluffy fronds
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Ipomoea microdactyla
Rare - listed as endangered by the State of Florida and as imperrilled by the Florida Natural Inventory. Specimen vine.
  • Bright red fruits
  • Pyramidal crown
  • Tropical silhouette
  • Available single or multi-stalked
  • Very showy bright yellow flowers
  • Dense canopy
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Ctenitis sloanei
Specimen plant or mass planting in well-drained but moist, humid sites.
  • Compact and versatile
  • Attractive and unique swollen trunk
  • Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
  • Breathtaking
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Carphephorus corymbosus
Dry meadows. Wildflower gardens.
  • Stunning colorful foliage
  • Excellent small hedge
  • Underutilized
  • Showy red berries
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
  • Salt tolerant
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Paronychia rugelii
This low growing plant is a good ground cover
  • Medium stature
  • Very showy clusters of flowers
  • Narrow enough for tight spaces
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Platanus occidentalis
It's paint-chip white and brown-green bark provides winter interest. The natural range is from  north Florida into southern Canada.  This species has been planted well south of its range and is occasionally collected from places (such as the median of I-75, near old homesites,  and near mine reclaimation areas) where it likely got there due to man's activities.  It has also been widely planted in mined areas. Frequently used as a yard tree or as a shade tree in parks. Best used where its large size won't overwhelm the surroundings.
  • Moderately salt tolerant
  • Rare, despite being a South Florida native
  • Smaller stature
  • Prefers acidic soil
  • Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
  • Hummingbird favorite
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Achillea millefolium
Can be grown as a groundcover. This is a species on the southern limits of its range in North Florida.  Its known occurrence (ISB 2020) is sparse in FLorida. Informal plantings, especially butterfly gardens. Useful for erosion control.
  • Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
  • Very showy clusters of red flowers
  • Showy display of fruit
  • Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
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Hibiscus furcellatus
This is a wetland plant. It is rarely grown, but it has potential in appropriate sites. Hedges, screening.
  • Rare and unique
  • Attractive symmetrical appearance
  • Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
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Sarracenia flava
Found from Alabama (probably also in Mississippi), east into Florida and up the coastal plain to Virginia with occasional outlying populations. Trapping insects in the trumpet-shaped leaves is an adaptation to  nutrient-poor soil conditions of wet or frequently flooded areas in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Insects are lured into the slippery waxy portion of the upper pitcher tube by attractant odors and then slide down a coating of ultra-fine, downward point hairs, hitting the digestive enzymes. Bog gardens.
  • Uncommon edible fruit
  • Fruit attracts wildlife
  • Excellent choice for narrow spaces