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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

Sweet Pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia

The herbarium specimen from Polk County almost certainly has a wrong location. Lithia is in Hillsborough County and the most likely translation of a wrongly written latitude and longitude is also in Hillsborough County -- but the exact location would have been agricultural in 1962. Hedges, back borders. Blooms in summer.

Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
Magnificent showy flowers in summer

White Twinevine

Funastrum clausum

Trellis or fence

Majestic, sprawling canopy
Prominent pale green or blue-gray crownshaft
Very showy bright yellow flowers

Gulf Cordgrass

Spartina spartinae

Primarily useful for coastal restoration projects.

Ringed trunk
Colorful fall foliage
Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
Adequate moisture required
Distinctive-looking fruit with spiked exterior

Elephant's-foot

Elephantopus elatus

Called elephant's foot because of the flat basal leaf formation. Meadows and wildflower gardens.

Unique, fern-like leaves
Attractive variegated foliage
Available multi-stalked
Attractive silver-gray foliage

Walter's Viburnum

Viburnum obovatum

The name Walter's viburnum honors Thomas Walter (1740-89), English-born planter of South Carolina, who described this species in his Flora Caroliniana. Specimen plant, hedge or screen plant. Can be allowed to form a thicket, sheared, or kept pruned into a tree. Fast growing.

Unusual stilt roots
Slender profile
Requires protection from strong winds
Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
Excellent hedge choice