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Swamp Rosemallow

Hibiscus grandiflorus

This is a wetland plant. It is rarely grown, but it has potential in appropriate sites. Specimen plant or background screen for wet places.

Prolific fruiter
Extremely popular
Colorful older leaves
Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
Recently classified invasive

Sand Hickory

Carya pallida

Shade tree where falling/fallen nuts will not be a problem.

Huge extremely fragrant flowers
Extremely popular
Recently classified invasive
Produces aromatic flowers year-round
Relatively compact and narrow canopy

Fiddler's Spurge

Euphorbia heterophylla

The author treats this as a friendly weed. Pull them if where there is something more desirable. Back of a wildflower garden in a casual setting. Grown en-masse, this plant can be used as a temporary groundcover.

Classic Southern tree
Rare and unique
Silvery blue-green fronds

Silk-grass

Pityopsis graminifolia

Minimize competition especially if it is over-topping the Pityopsis. Wildflower garden. Foliage can be attractive year-round as silvery-gray green. Also suitable for naturalizing. The foliage will spread into a small mat which can be used to some extent as a groundcover.

Ringed trunk
Pleasant rounded shape
Long-lasting year-round blooms
Readily pruned into attractive shapes
Stunning colorful foliage

Flag Pawpaw

Asimina obovata

Understory shrub.

Tall and romantic
Relatively uncommon in South Florida
Beautiful rounded canopy