Trees | Garden South Florida

Filter Sort

Sort

Sort By :

By :

Plant height range » From value

Plant height range » To value

Plant width range » From value

Plant width range » To value

Fulltext search

Has bloom colors filter

Sort by

Order

Kidneyleaf Rosinweed

Silphium compositum

Wildflower garden.

Attractive glossy leaves
Wonderfully fragrant at night
Unique and prized
Thick branching into attractive silouttes
Striking silhouette

Chapman's Rhododendron

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

Wild Olive

Cartrema americanum

Fragrant. Evergreen screen, evergreen shrub to small tree.

Prolific fruiter
Iconic symbol of the south
Excellent small to medium hedge
Clusters of tubular flowers

Cheese Plant

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

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

Ohio Spiderwort

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

Tall Tickseed

Coreopsis tripteris

Plant at the back of an informal wildflower or butterfly garden--it gets tall.

Compact size
Classic Southern tree
Wonderfully fragrant at night
Fruit eaten by birds
Very showy bright yellow flowers
Massive stature

Floating Hearts

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