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Schoenoplectus pungens

Restoration. Backdrop for a pond. Useful for water quality treatment.

Fruit eaten by birds
Magnificent
Silvery blue-green fronds
Moderately rapid growth
Prominent pale green crownshaft
Attracts butterflies and bees

String Lily

Crinum americanum

This is a wetland plant, but it will do well once established in a moist garden setting. Moist wildflower gardens. Easily grown along streams.

Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
Elegant
Adequate fertalization required
Tall and romantic
Can be trimmed into manicured shapes

Savanna Gayfeather

Liatris savannensis

Endemic to western peninsular Florida from Tampa south to Charlotte County. Wildflower garden.

Salt tolerant
Very slow growth
Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
Sprawling and informal shrub

Long-horned Rein Orchid

Habenaria quinqueseta

Keep it if you have it.

Narrow enough for tight spaces
Retains leaves until just before blooming
Elegant
Unusual deep green leaves with bronze underside

Meadow-beauty

Rhexia spp.

Wildflower in moist garden. Forms colonies.

Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
Drought tolerant
Flowers year round
Compact and versatile

Cockspur Hawthorn

Crataegus crus-galli

Small specimen tree. Slow growing. Hedge.

Retains leaves until just before blooming
Slender profile
Damaged by citrus canker
Unique fluffy fronds

Velvetleaf Milkweed

Asclepias tomentosa

Predominantly a Florida plant, but it has also been recorded in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Texas. The species name "tomentosa" refers to the dense, matted (tomentose) hairs on the leaves. Aphids are often a "problem" with milkweed plants -- they are a natural preditor on Asclepias, but we don't like them. Wildflower garden, dry wildflower meadow

Unique, fern-like leaves
Striking symmetrical appearance
Available single or multi-stalked
Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds