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Ernodea littoralis
Low specimen plant, mass plantings. Can be used as a low hedge, even sheared. Useful for beach dune stabilization.
  • Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
  • Beautiful silhouette
  • Majestic, sprawling canopy
  • Excellent small to medium hedge
  • Cornerstone plant in South Florida
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Aquilegia canadensis
Specimen plant or rock garden.
  • Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
  • Formal appearance
  • Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
  • Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
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Distichlis spicata
Lawn-like groundcover especially near the edges of salt water.
  • Unusual stilt roots
  • Wonderfully fragrant
  • Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
  • Highly wind tolerant
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Eupatorium perfoliatum
Wildflower garden especially in sunny moist areas.
  • Swollen, succulent branches
  • Bright red fruits
  • Stout, swollen trunk
  • Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
  • Fruit attracts wildlife
  • Moderately salt tolerant
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Senna ligustrina
Because it's a legume it can grow in poor soils, but does better with added organic matter. Specimen shrub.
  • Requires ample space and light
  • Adequate moisture required
  • Moderately drought tolerant
  • Majestic, sprawling canopy
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Sorghastrum secundum
Typically grown in the background of a wildflower garden as its tall flower stalks are only visible in fall. The remainder of the year is looks like a moderate-sized grass.
  • Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
  • Unique foliage
  • Prominant olive crownshaft
  • Flowers profusely year round
  • Often draped with Spanish moss
  • Long-lived perennial
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Bursera simaruba
This tree has a thick trunk and both the trunk and branches can twist into interesting shapes. The bark is red to bronze and peels. It's also called the tourist tree, who also may be reddish and peeling. Plant as a specimen tree to show off its bronze-colored peeling bark. Also makes a good shade tree.
  • Pyramidal crown
  • Dense, full crown
  • Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
  • Does best with periodic fertalization
  • Requires high humidity
  • Prolific fruiter
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Sabatia brevifolia
Not generally grown, little information on culture has been located. Wildflower in moist casual setting.
  • Breathtaking
  • Self-shedding fronds
  • Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
  • Recently classified invasive
  • Ringed trunk
  • Grows tall, but not massive
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Lilium catesbaei
In the natural environment, this species benefits from periodic fire. Very difficult to see except when in bloom. Retain if present. Could be grown as a small specimen plant in a wildflower garden.
  • Showy reddish peeling bark
  • Handsome
  • Cold tolerant
  • Can be grown indoors
  • Pyramidal crown
  • Imposing stature
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Silphium asteriscus
The bloom period is relatively long - lasting from early spring, well into fall. Wildflower garden.
  • Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
  • Striking and exotic
  • Requires occassional fertalization
  • Does poorly in very wet soil
  • Year-round blooms
  • Lush, dense shade tree
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Hypericum myrtifolium
Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
  • Attractive dark green leaves
  • Unique fluffy fronds
  • Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
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Myrcia zuzygium
It is listed as Endangered by the State of Florida.  Please acquire only from reputable sources with appropriate permits. Smaller specimen tree, hedge plant, or small street tree.
  • Rare and unique
  • Attractive glossy leaves
  • Formal, old-world appearance
  • Unique fluffy fronds
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Baccharis halimifolia
Fruiting late in the fall, the fruits during the fall add substantial interest to a casual garden.  Baccharis glomerulifolia is similar in appearance and in potential cultural uses. Specimen plant in casual settings.  Also useful as a natural screen or buffer plant. Rain gardens or bioswales. The primary horticultural feature is the silvery, plume-like achenes which appear in the fall on female plants. The fruits can provide a white haze for several weeks in the fall.
  • Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
  • Highly versatile
  • Highly nutritious fruit
  • Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
  • Elegant and stately
  • Long-lasting year-round blooms
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Pinckneya bracteata
The showy part of the flower is the white, pink or rose bracts that become petal-like. This species is listed as Threatened by the State of Florida. Please acquire from reputable nurseries. Based on the BONAP maps and the ISB map, this part of the Pinckneya range that is in the Apalachicola National Forest is contiguous with the main body of the species' range in Georgia and South Carolina.  The part of its range in the peninsula, in the Ocala National Forest area, appears to be disjunct. Specimen shrub or small tree.
  • Delicious edible fruit
  • Prominant olive crownshaft
  • Intoxicating fragrance
  • Very showy clusters of red flowers
  • Healthy edible fruit
  • Narrow canopy
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Crataegus phaenopyrum
Listed as Endangered by the State of Florida. Specimen plant, screen, or can be pruned into a hedge. Fall color is orange-red and moderately showy in regions with adequate cold.
  • Long-lasting year-round blooms
  • Showy reddish peeling bark
  • Beautiful shiny green leaves
  • Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
  • Falls over easily, may require staking
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Eugenia axillaris
Fruits are edible. Hedge or screen.
  • Clusters of tubular flowers
  • Does poorly oceanside
  • Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
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Crataegus aestivalis
The various sources have conflicting opinions on the fruit and its uses. Specimen plant or wildlife planting for moist areas. Screen plant. Suggested by IFAS as a median planting or buffer planting for roadways.
  • Fast growth
  • Magnificent
  • Dense attractive foliage
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Ruellia noctiflora
Moist wildflower meadow
  • Sometime grows horozontially
  • Excellent edible fruit
  • Smaller stature
  • Will not tolerate frost
  • Beautiful, natural globe shape
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Uvularia spp.
All bellworts that occur in Florida are rare. Please do not transplant from the wild unless there is imminent danger of site destruction (permits may be required). Retain if present in the landscape. Makes a nice spring wildflower in a wooded setting. Can be allowed to naturalize.
  • Showy fall color
  • Not a true jasmine
  • Handsome
  • Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
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Halesia diptera
Use as a specimen plant or as an understory in a mixed hardwood forest setting. This tree blooms in early spring before the leaves come out.
  • Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
  • Attractive dark green leaves
  • Drought tolerant
  • Narrow crown