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Hypericum tetrapetalum
Moist wildflower garden.
  • Produces aromatic flowers year-round
  • Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
  • Smaller stature
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Dicerandra spp.
All perennial Dicerandra species in Florida a rare and endangered. They appear to be closely related and form hybrid swarms if grown in a common garden. To protect the genetic purity of these rare plants, please do not grown them. Wildflower garden.
  • Beloved in South Florida
  • Can be kept narrow
  • Completely bare in winter
  • Recently classified invasive
  • Compact size
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Taxus floridana
This tree has male and female plants. Females have red berry-like cones. This species is extremely rare.  Be sure to obtain this plant from properly licensed nurseries. Use as a specimen plant either as a small tree or large shrub.
  • Magnificent showy flowers in summer
  • Hummingbird favorite
  • Distinctive-looking fruit with spiked exterior
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
  • Unique foliage and silhouette
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Sideroxylon alachuense
Can be pruned either as a small tree or a large shrub. Can also be used as a hedge.
  • Colorful older leaves
  • Moderately slow growth
  • Classic Southern tree
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Muhlenbergia capillaris
There are three subspecies included in this description.  Together, they are found in all coastal counties of Florida and many inland ones.  As a grass, it is likely undercollected and it has likely been excluded by many agricultural practices, so at least one of these subspecies is potentially native throughout Florida.  Muhlenbergia capillaris var. capillaris is the subspecies that is most commonly available from nurseries. Hedge, specimen plant, mass planting
  • Unique foliage and silhouette
  • Clusters of tubular flowers
  • Fruit attracts wildlife
  • Can be kept narrow
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Eragrostis elliottii
Wildflower garden. Mass plantings.
  • Elegant
  • Elegant and stately
  • Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
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Morinda royoc
Informal landscapes. Its growth form is to be scrambling in a thicket or climbing as a sprawlingg vine. Habitat restoration.
  • Very full crown
  • Majestic, sprawling canopy
  • Striking silhouette
  • Colorful older leaves
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Bletia purpurea
Retain if present in natural setting. Can be grown in a wildflower garden.
  • Width often exceeds height
  • Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
  • Colorful older leaves
  • Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
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Heliotropium gnaphalodes
Is listed as Endangered in Florida. Hedges; small specimen plants; mass planting; ground cover; large planters. Dune reclamation.
  • Beloved in South Florida
  • Does poorly oceanside
  • Attracts butterflies
  • Relatively compact and narrow canopy
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Hibiscus coccineus
Its deeply divided leaves look somewhat like marijuana leaves(Cannabis spp.). Specimen plant in moist areas. There is also a white-flowered variant.
  • Attractive variegated foliage
  • Tiered branches
  • Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
  • Elegant
  • Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
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Tradescantia ohiensis
Adaptable to the casual or wildflower garden. Can be used as groundcover or border plant. Naturalizes.
  • Unusual deep green leaves with bronze underside
  • Unique, sweet almond flavor
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
  • Drought tolerant
  • Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
  • Medium stature
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Rhexia spp.
Wildflower in moist garden. Forms colonies.
  • Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
  • Drought tolerant
  • Flowers year round
  • Compact and versatile
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Crataegus crus-galli
Small specimen tree. Slow growing. Hedge.
  • Retains leaves until just before blooming
  • Slender profile
  • Damaged by citrus canker
  • Unique fluffy fronds
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Nymphoides aquatica
This species is listed as invasive in parts of the world where it is not native. Water garden, planting of surface water management pond. Often used as an aquarium plant.
  • Easy/Carefree native
  • Handsome
  • Pyramidal crown
  • Does best in cooler areas of South Florida
  • Easily trimmed to maintain desired size
  • Does poorly in very wet soil