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Sea-lavender

Heliotropium gnaphalodes

Is listed as Endangered in Florida. Hedges; small specimen plants; mass planting; ground cover; large planters. Dune reclamation.

Beloved in South Florida
Does poorly oceanside
Attracts butterflies
Relatively compact and narrow canopy

Tall Tickseed

Coreopsis tripteris

Plant at the back of an informal wildflower or butterfly garden--it gets tall.

Compact size
Classic Southern tree
Wonderfully fragrant at night
Fruit eaten by birds
Very showy bright yellow flowers
Massive stature

Painted-leaf

Euphorbia cyathophora

There are colorful bracts surrounding the flower head. This plant is found across the southern US and its range extends northward into the central plains. The range in the western panhandle may be disjunct from the range further south and east in Florida.

Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
Delicious edible fruit
Slender profile

Willow Oak

Quercus phellos

The range of this tree barely makes it into north Florida. It is much more common in the remainder of the southeast. Shade tree. The root system is fibrous making it suitable for situations where the roots may get somewhat abused such as street plantings and parking lot islands.

Beautiful rounded canopy
Lush, dense shade tree
Excellent small hedge
Symmetrical shape