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Rudbeckia fulgida
Blooms mid- summer into fall.
Wildflower garden, border plant, rain gardens, containers.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Wildlife, Small birds eat the seed.
Deer tend to avoid this.
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Habitat, Flatwoods, open pine/oak forests, ruderal areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bumble bees, butterflies
Larval host for the silvery checkerspot, found only in extreme north Florida.
- Moderately slow growth
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Relatively compact and narrow canopy
Crossopetalum ilicifolium
Small shrub. Prostrate. Can be planted as a groundcover in beds or masses with other low-growing plants. Makes a good plant for use in a rock (limeroc
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Wildlife, Fruits attract birds including quail.
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Habitat, Pine rockland, rockland hammock, sinkhole. Sinkhole edges.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
- Excellent small hedge
- Attractive symmetrical appearance
- Healthy edible fruit
- Handsome
- Towering
Eugenia rhombea
Listed as endangered in Florida. Please retain in the natural landscape and acquire in an environmentally conscientious manner.
Small specimen tree o
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume fruit.
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Habitat, Shell mound, rockland hammock. Also in disturbed areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts pollinators.
- Compact and versatile
- Very slow growth
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
- Flowers profusely year round
- Magnificent
Liatris gracilis
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Habitat, Mesic to wet flatwoods, seep slopes, bogs, savannas, ditches, secondary woods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees.
- Prominant olive crownshaft
- Highly salt tolerant
- Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Requires shade when young
- Attractive symmetrical appearance
- Very showy clusters of flowers
Asclepias verticillata
Wildflower garden. This is a small but pretty little plant. Grow it in a moist wildflower garden.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Considertions, It may be necessary to re-seed to keep this in the garden. Seed is not generally commercially available. This is the most toxic of the milkweeds and i
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Habitat, Flatwoods
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). Attracts various pollinators.
- Not a true pine
- Uncommon edible fruit
- Massive stature
- Unique purple-brown crownshaft
