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Silphium compositum
Wildflower garden.
  • Attractive glossy leaves
  • Wonderfully fragrant at night
  • Unique and prized
  • Thick branching into attractive silouttes
  • Striking silhouette
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Vernonia gigantea
The genus name honors the English botanist William Vernon, who did fieldwork in North America. Back of a moist wildflower garden. Can also use on the edges of natural or created wetlands and streams.
  • Colorful new leafs
  • Rare, despite being a South Florida native
  • Beautiful rounded dense canopy
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Borrichia frutescens
Natural range is restricted to coastal areas. Native borders, foundation plant, especially in salty environments. Can be trimmed.
  • Will not tolerate frost
  • Relatively uncommon in South Florida
  • Very full crown
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Viburnum rufidulum
Specimen plant, screen plant, understory tree/shrub.
  • Flowers year round
  • Imposing stature
  • Silvery blue-green fronds
  • Highly wind tolerant
  • Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
  • Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
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Aralia spinosa
FNPS Blog article Specimen plant or background hedge.
  • Slow Growth
  • Wonderfully fragrant at night
  • Easily trimmed to maintain desired size
  • Symmetrical shape
  • Narrow enough for tight spaces
  • Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
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Varronia globosa
Background shrub.
  • Not recommended
  • Readily pruned into attractive shapes
  • Elegant and compact
  • Salt tolerant
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Symphyotrichum dumosum
Wildflower garden, meadow.
  • Not a true pine
  • Will not tolerate frost
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
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Coreopsis floridana
This is one of our larger (taller and larger flowers) Coreopsis species. Useful as a colorful wildflower along the edge of a wetland. Often overlooked as sunflowers are blooming at the same time. But if the site is appropriate, worthwhile.
  • Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
  • Narrow canopy
  • Stately and uncommon
  • Attractive dark green leaves
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Symphyotrichum adnatum
Wildflower garden, meadow.
  • Requires protection from strong winds
  • Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
  • Breathtaking and memorable
  • Attractive tiered canopy
  • Prominant olive crownshaft
  • Easy/Carefree native
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Sporobolus virginicus
Useful in coastal restoration or retained along a coastal shoreline for stabilization. Salt marsh coastal stabilizer. Low dune stabilizer. Groundcover in coastal settings.
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
  • Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
  • Year-round blooms
  • Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
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Quercus alba
Its peeling bark and rounded lobes set it apart from most other oaks. Shade tree best suited to settings where its large size can be appreciated. Grown in open settings, it can have a wide spread. Grown in a forested setting it will have a narrower crown.
  • Elegant appearance
  • Easy/Carefree native
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
  • Slender profile
  • Massive stature
  • Not as popular as it once was
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Cercis canadensis
Bloom can be long lasting relative to other early spring blooming trees -- as long as a month. Duration is dependent on temperature. Flowers grow directly from the trunk. Moderate-sized specimen tree.
  • Highly versatile
  • Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
  • Ideal for smaller spaces
  • Unique foliage and silhouette
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Each stem has soft, fleshy green flanges running longitudinally down its length. When winter weather brings ice, the stems exude water that freezes into fascinating shapes, hence its common name frostweed. Background plant in a wildflower garden. Also useful as a mass planting along a forest edge. This plant is best used in informal settings and does well if allowed to naturalize.
  • Long-lived perennial
  • Flowers year round
  • Tall and stately
  • Narrow crown
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Marshallia graminifolia
Small wildflower in moist areas.
  • Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
  • Wind tolerant
  • Flowers profusely year round
  • Prominent pale green crownshaft
  • Pyramidal crown
  • Narrow crown
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Bacopa monnieri
Low ground-hugging ground cover in restoration areas, in ditches, and on wetland edges.
  • Year-round blooms
  • Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
  • Tall and romantic
  • Wind tolerant
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Amorpha fruticosa
Multistemmed shrub that can form small thickets. Plant as a screen, hedge, or background plant.
  • Requires shade when young
  • Colorful older leaves
  • Symmetrical shape
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Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii
Endemic to Florida Listed as Endangered by the USFWS and FL Specimen plant. Screen plant. Can be grown in a mass under trees.
  • Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
  • Elegant and compact
  • Colorful new leafs
  • Excellent edible fruit
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Coccoloba diversifolia
Shade tree.  Narrow crown is said to make it a good choice for avenues, narrow entryways, and areas between houses.  Can be used as a large container plant.
  • Elegant and compact
  • Cornerstone plant in South Florida
  • Deciduous
  • Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
  • Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
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Passiflora incarnata
The name 'passion' is a reference to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Parts of the flower are said to resemble instruments used during the crucifixion. Given the proper support this plant makes an excellent climbing vine hedge.
  • Formal appearance
  • Beloved in South Florida
  • Ringed trunk
  • Fruit attracts wildlife
  • Formal, old-world appearance
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Psilotum nudum
This is a primitive plant that produces spores. Typically grown as a curiosity in a shade garden or as an epiphyte. Sometimes grown as a container plant.
  • Long emerald crownshaft
  • Attractive shade tree
  • Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
  • Prolific fruiter
  • Excellent hedge choice
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
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Rhus aromatica
Range barely reaches north Florida. Specimen shrub, border, windbreak. This is a spreading, somewhat sprawling shrub.
  • Formal, old-world appearance
  • Thrives only briefly, about 1 year
  • Drought tolerant