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Very Slow Growth All Of South Florida Except The Keys Clear all
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Lyonia fruticosa
Retain if present. Can be used as part of a screen in a dry site setting.
  • Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
  • Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
  • Heavy feeder
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Pentalinon luteum
Grow on a trellis, fence, or post.
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
  • Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
  • Uniquely shaped with a muscular look
  • Towering
  • Slender profile
  • Highly salt tolerant
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Helianthus debilis subsp. debilis
To avoid introgression with other H. debilis subspecies, do not grow them in a common garden. Ground cover in sandy, open environments.
  • Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
  • Rare and unique
  • Completely bare in winter
  • Compact size
  • Wonderfully fragrant at night
  • Stunning during brief late spring bloom
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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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Ilex krugiana
Listed as Threatened in Florida.  Please acquire only from appropriately licensed sources. Specimen tree or understory tree.
  • Flowers year round
  • Highly versatile
  • Will not tolerate frost
  • Not as popular as it once was
  • Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
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Nephrolepis biserrata
This fern is listed as Threatened by the FDACS.  Where is it, however, it is highly robust. Borders, groundcover on wooded edges. This is a very tall fern, so best planted toward the back of a garden.
  • Somewhat salt tolerant
  • No longer recommended
  • Available single or multi-stalked
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Psychotria ligustrifolia
Specimen or hedge plant.
  • Extremely versatile
  • Distinctive-looking fruit with spiked exterior
  • Beautiful rounded canopy
  • Majestic and graceful
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Ilex ambigua
Plant as a small understory tree. Good as a general background plant that is appropriate to wildlife.
  • Moderately slow growth
  • Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
  • Critically endangered
  • Stunning
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Iris savannarum
This iris and I. hexagona were considered to be a single species until recently.  I. savannarum is the most common iris species in Florida. Moist wildflower garden. Sometimes grown under the drain for an air conditioner. Excellent as a wetland edge flower.
  • Sprawling and informal shrub
  • Beautiful silhouette
  • Highly wind tolerant
  • Not recommended
  • Excellent small to medium hedge
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Alvaradoa amorphoides
This is listed as an ENDANGERED by the State of Florida An excellent accent shrub or small tree with open, spreading crown. Attractive fine textured, thin leaves and long, hanging spikes of flowers. Dioecious with male and female flowers on separate plants.
  • Attractive glossy leaves
  • Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
  • Silvery blue-green fronds
  • Elegant appearance
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Rhus copallinum
Compound leaf has "wings" of tissue along the leaf-stem (rachis). This is one of the few shrubs that produces brilliant red fall color in much of Florida.
  • Wind tolerant
  • Prominent pale green or blue-gray crownshaft
  • Adequate moisture required
  • Wonderfully fragrant flowers
  • Pleasant rounded shape
  • Does best with periodic fertalization
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Helianthus debilis subsp. vestitus
Despite the appearance of the county-based range map, the actual range is limited to the coastal areas. Wildflower garden. Groundcover.
  • Fruit eaten by birds
  • Extremely popular
  • Swollen, succulent branches
  • Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
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Gaillardia pulchella
It is difficult to know the native range of this plant in Florida as it has been widely planted on roadsides across much of the state at least since the 1700s. Cultivated flower beds, roadside wildflower plantings, wildflower garden. Typically grown as an annual though some plants may persist for several years.
  • Attractive silver-gray foliage
  • Tiered branches
  • Showy red berries
  • Native
  • Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
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Magnolia tripetala
The plant is listed as Endangered by the FDACS.  Please acquire from reputable nurseries with appropriate permits for propagating and selling this species. Can be a specimen tree or use in a fairly bright understory. Its irregular branching pattern and large leaves make it best suited to fairly large yards.
  • Elegant
  • Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
  • Retains leaves until just before blooming
  • Year-round blooms
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Coleataenia longiflora
Restoration proects and casual moist-site plantings.
  • Magnificent showy flowers in summer
  • Elegant and compact
  • Will not tolerate frost
  • Symmetrical shape
  • Attractive symmetrical appearance