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Savory

Calamintha georgiana

This small shrub can be used in a dry wildflower garden or grown as a low border along paths. It would also work as a foundation plant.

Beautiful, natural globe shape
Excellent hedge choice
Hummingbird favorite
Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young

Zigzag Silk-grass

Pityopsis flexuosa

Minimize competition especially if it is over-topping the Pityopsis. Endemic to the Florida Panhandle in a 6-county area near Tallahassee. Listed as Endagered by the FDACS. Wildflower meadow. Foliage can be attractive year-round as it is silvery-gray green. Also suitable for naturalizing assuming plenty of light and minimal competition. The plants will spread locally.

Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
Does best with periodic fertalization
Sometime grows horozontially
Magnificent
Can be grown indoors
Elegant, dense canopy

Black Ironwood

Krugiodendron ferreum

Known for very dense wood, hence the common name. Said to have the heaviest wood on any American tree. Specimen plant or small shade tree.

Extremely popular
Pleasant rounded shape
Requires ample space and light
Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
Showy reddish peeling bark
Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall

Pennyroyal

Piloblephis rigida

This is nearly endemic to Florida (there are a few documented occurrences in southeastern Georgia). Wildflower garden, groundcover.

Attracts butterflies
Long emerald crownshaft
Ringed trunk
Unique foliage and silhouette