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Crataegus aestivalis
The various sources have conflicting opinions on the fruit and its uses.
Specimen plant or wildlife planting for moist areas. Screen plant. Suggested
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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, Apparently less interesting as a wildlife food tree than some other haws.
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Habitat, In and near pools and small ponds, floodplains, swamps, especially where water stands much of the time.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval food for hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe)and blinded sphinx (Paonias excaecata).
Attracts pollinators, especially importan
- Fast growth
- Magnificent
- Dense attractive foliage
Clematis baldwinii
In full sun areas, this plant will become close to dormant in the summer. Cutting back dried out foliage will stimulate new growth in the Fall.
Endemi
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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, Easily lost in flower beds.
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume fruit (https://flawildflowers.org/)
Hummingbirds occasionally visit the flowers (International Clematis Society)
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Habitat, Wet flatwoods. Scrub and sandhill
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Pine-hyacinth attracts many pollinators, from bumblebees and other native bees to butterflies.
- Falls over easily, may require staking
- Very full crown
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
- Wind tolerant
- Extremely versatile
Sporobolus junceus
In nature, this grows in habitats with frequent fire. In the garden, it will grow best if you remove built-up thatch (or burn it once every few years
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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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Habitat, Flatwoods, sandhills.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
- Stout, swollen trunk
- Very rare
- Beloved in South Florida
- Stunning long emerald crownshaft
- Colorful fall foliage
Aronia arbutifolia
Often grows with ink berry and palmettos.
Beautiful early spring-blooming shrub. Grow at edge of wooded areas or as a specimen.
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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, Various birds eat the berries including titmice, nuthatches, warblers, chickadees, cardinals, grosbeaks, and orioles.
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Habitat, Wet sites. Seep slopes, wet flatwoods, edges of swamps.
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Flowers attract bees and butterflies. Pollinated by bees.
- Massive stature
- Very rare
- Stunning colorful foliage
- Very full crown
- Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
Ilex opaca var. arenicola
Specimen plant. Slow growing.
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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, Leaves have sharp spines. It's dioecious; so make sure you have at least one male plant in the vicinity to produce berries on the females.
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Wildlife, Fruits principally eaten by birds.
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Habitat, Scrub.
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Did You Know?, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Thorns
Pollinated by bees. Documented bee species include Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Megachilepetulans and Xylocop
- Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
- Colorful older leaves
- Recently classified invasive
- Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
- Somewhat drought tolerant
- Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
Trillium spp.
These species have a cold requirement. They should not be planted substantially south of their native ranges. Flower color varies from dark maroon to
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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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Habitat, Mesic sites. Slope forests and bluffs.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Flies and ants.
- Easy/Carefree native
- Excellent small hedge
- Dense attractive foliage
- Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
- Stunning
- Prominent pale green or blue-gray crownshaft
Neptunia pubescens
Not widely grown.
Groundcover.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray wo
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Habitat, River banks, coastal pinelands, edges of salt marshes.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Larval host plant for ceraunus blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) butterflies.
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Long-lasting year-round blooms
- Will not tolerate frost
- Prominent pale green crownshaft
