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Physostegia leptophylla
Water gardens and pond edges.  Moist wildflower gardens.
  • Formal, old-world appearance
  • Not recommended
  • Huge extremely fragrant flowers
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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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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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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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Amyris elemifera
Fragrant. Noted for its 3-parted glossy leaves. Can be used as as a specimen plant, screen, or possibly a hedge.
  • Huge extremely fragrant flowers
  • Cold tolerant
  • Highly nutritious fruit
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Persea palustris
This species and other members of the Lauraceae are being attacked by a serious, fatal disease. Do not plant this plant unless you are absolutely sure that it is not infected! If you have this plant in your landscape, retain it to supply larval food for the spicebush swallowtail and other butterflies.
  • Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
  • Symmetrical shape
  • Not a true pine
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Bacopa caroliniana
Lemon bacopa is distinguished by blue flowers, a hairy upper stem, and by the lemony scent of its crushed foliage. Spreading ground cover around the edges of retention ponds and aquatic gardens. Groundcover in restoration areas. Also used in aquariums.
  • Thrives only briefly, about 1 year
  • Showy red berries
  • Highly nutritious fruit
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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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Persea humilis
Do not plant this plant unless you are absolutely sure that it is not infected by laurel wilt disease.  In general, this small bay seems to be escaping its ravages. Nice specimen plant. Slow growing.
  • Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
  • Very fast growth rate
  • Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
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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
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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