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Salvia azurea
Wildflower garden, suitable for naturalizing.
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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, pine-oak-hickory woods, secondary woods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Nectar source for native bees, including bumblebees, and other pollinators (Xerces Society)..
Attracts butterflies
- Requires high humidity
- Fruit eaten by birds
- Magnificent showy flowers in summer
- Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
- Highly salt tolerant
Pharus lappulaceus
Listed as Endangered in Florida. Also found in Central and South America and parts of the Caribbean.
This species has only recently begun to be culti
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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, Likely dispersed by birds or mammals (https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/154505794.pdf).
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Habitat, Limestone influenced hammocks including Indian mounds.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Stately and uncommon
- Thick branching into attractive silouttes
- Massive stature
Helianthus carnosus
This species is rare and listed as endangered by the State of Florida. It is endemic to several counties along the northeast coast of Florida. Please
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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 small mammals eat the seeds.
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Habitat, Wet flatwoods, savannas, roadside ditches.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Primarily pollinated by bees. The goldenrod soldier beetle (a.k.a. leatherwing beetle(, Chauliognathus pensylvanicus is a goldenrod pol
- Striking and exotic
- Grows tall, but not massive
- Uncommon edible fruit
- Showy red berries
Hibiscus laevis
This is a wetland plant. It is rarely grown, but it has potential in appropriate sites.
Background screen in wet 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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Wildlife, Attracts pollinators. Bees are especially important for fertilization.
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Habitat, Wet sites. Floodplains, riverbanks.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host of Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady Butterfly, Common Checkered Skipper and Tropical Checkered Skipper butterflies and four
- Colorful fall foliage
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
- Falls over easily, may require staking
- Retains leaves until just before blooming
- Pineapple-like showy fruits (female plants)
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
