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Ogeechee Tupelo

Nyssa ogeche

Shade tree. Screen along wetland edges. Street tree for use in parking lots and median strips. Many acres have been planted to attract bees for honey production.

Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
Sprawling and informal shrub
Prefers acidic soil
Healthy edible fruit
Prominent pale green crownshaft

Limber Caper

Cynophalla flexuosa

Night blooming, fragrant.

Colorful fall foliage
Elegant appearance
Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
Unusual stilt roots
Attractive silver-gray foliage
Attractive dark green leaves

Prairie-clover

Dalea feayi

Foliage has a strong minty smell. Dry wildflower garden.

Bright red fruits
Long-lived perennial
Delicious edible fruit

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

Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

Persimmon wood is very hard and nearly black--it's in the ebony family. Typically grown for its fruit. Plant in full sun. Also useful as an early successional tree in old field restoration.

Very showy clusters of red flowers
Tall and romantic
Formal appearance
Dense, full crown
Wonderfully fragrant