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Spiked Blazing-star

Liatris spicata

Wildflower garden.

Smaller stature
Classic Southern tree
Lovely dark green, shiny leaves

Walter's Groundcherry

Physalis walteri

Based on BONAP maps and the ISB website, the range of Physalis walteri likely includes the entire peninsula of Florida but becomes restricted to areas close to the coast in much of the panhandle and along the east coast north of the peninsula. Mostly planted for interest in the husked fruits

Highly salt tolerant
Unique and prized
Underutilized
Available multi-stalked

Wild-tamarind

Lysiloma latisiliquum

It's a legume, so nitrogen fixation may help it survive in low nutrient soils. Fast growing. Shade tree. Attractive for its lacy foliage. Does well as a street tree.

Stout, swollen trunk
Delicious edible fruit
Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
Attracts butterflies

Swamp Twinflower

Dyschoriste humistrata

Wildflower garden, groundcover

Dense canopy
Falls over easily, may require staking
Majestic
Colorful new leafs
Fruit eaten by birds
Self-shedding fronds

Paradise Tree

Simarouba glauca

Specimen tree.

Will not tolerate frost
Fast growth
Colorful older leaves

Water Oak

Quercus nigra

The wood is weak. Shade tree. Semi-evergreen with leaves falling just before new leaves emerge.

Attractive symmetrical appearance
Does poorly in very wet soil
Can be grown indoors
Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
Ideal with Mediterranean architecture