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Ipomoea imperati
Poisonous if ingested. Groundcover in open, dry, sandy sites especially on dunes and the upper fringes of beaches.
  • Attracts butterflies
  • Elegant appearance
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
  • Available multi-stalked
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Myrcianthes fragrans
Specimen plant. Roadsides, parking lot edges, and medians. Smaller forms can make good foundation screens.
  • Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
  • Damaged by citrus canker
  • Colorful fall foliage
  • Healthy edible fruit
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Pharus lappulaceus
Listed as Endangered in Florida.  Also found in Central and South America and parts of the Caribbean. This species has only recently begun to be cultivated in Florida.  Expect this information to be upgraded as more is learned.  Right now the only native nursery that we know of that is growing this species is Green Isles Gardens near Clermont, FL.
  • Stately and uncommon
  • Thick branching into attractive silouttes
  • Massive stature
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Pinus glabra
This is one of the few pines that grows naturally in shade. Shade tree. Forest tree.
  • Stout, swollen trunk
  • Massive stature
  • Can be trimmed into manicured shapes
  • Flowers profusely year round
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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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Gentiana saponaria
The range of this plant barely makes it into Florida and only 2 locations have been documented.  It is not rare in states to the north. Garden flower for wet sites. Blooms in late summer-early fall.
  • Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
  • Unique foliage and silhouette
  • Iconic symbol of the south
  • Highly nutritious fruit
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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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Laguncularia racemosa
It's called "white mangrove" because it exudes extra salt through special glands which makes the leaves appear white. The word "mangrove"  refers to all types of trees that have adapted to living in the sea. Worldwide, there are 23 genera from eight different families that have species that are described as mangroves. Useful in coastal sites both for screening, windbreak, and as a plant useful to coastal stabilization. Plant slightly upslope of red and black mangroves.
  • Thick branching into attractive silouttes
  • Fragrant in the evening
  • Rapid growth
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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
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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
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Clematis virginiana
Has male and female plants. Only the females will have showy seed heads. Clematis terniflora is a similar-looking non-native white Clematis that is considered to be invasive in Florida.  It is sold as an ornamental.  Please choose our native species over this Japanese plant. Grow on support such as a fence or trellis. Blooms late summer to mid-fall.
  • Pyramidal crown
  • Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
  • Produces aromatic flowers year-round
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit