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Nymphaea elegans
Not typically seen for sale, but a good addition to the aquatic 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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Habitat, Ponds, ditches, cypress swamps.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Everything from flies, to beetles, and various sorts of bees have been recorded on water lilies. The primary pollinator may be beetles
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
- Formal, old-world appearance
- Long-lived perennial
- Salt tolerant
- Heavy feeder
- Showy reddish peeling bark
Oxalis corniculata
Invasive in many parts of the world. It is either a blessing or a pest in Florida depending on where it is.
Good addition to a freedom lawn.
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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, Will spread.
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Habitat, Disturbed areas
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Nectar attracts bees, butterflies and flies.
- Highly salt tolerant
- Attractive variegated foliage
- Showy red berries
Ageratina jucunda
Wildflower garden. Low borders.
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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, Pinelands, flatwoods, open hammocks, roadsides.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees.
- Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
- Dense attractive foliage
- Bright red fruits
Sarracenia minor
Pitchers (leaves) are mostly green with red coloration near the upper parts.
Bog gardens.
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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, Savannahs, bogs, wet flatwoods, seep slopes. Benefits from fire.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Insectivorous.
A number of insect groups visit the flowers but their role in pollination is unknown.
- Massive stature when mature
- Attractive tiered canopy
- Attracts butterflies and bees
Nekemias arborea
For special uses only. This tall growing vine can hide unsightly objects in moist places and is useful to providing cover for wildlife and food for b
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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, Can get weedy.
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Wildlife, Fruit is eaten by songbirds and small mammals. White-tailed deer browse the leaves and twigs.
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Habitat, Moist sites. Hammocks, hummocks in wetlands, hummocks in riverine swamps.
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Did You Know?, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Attracts hymenoptera (native bees and flies).
- Does poorly in very wet soil
- Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
- Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
- Fragrant in the evening
- Showy red berries
- Breathtaking and memorable
Rhododendron canescens
Specimen plant, thicket, or natural background plantings.
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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 hummingbirds.
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Habitat, Upland hardwood forests, flatwoods, by swamps, bluffs, slope forests, secondary woods.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
Attracts pollinators, especially bumble bees.
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Did You Know?
- Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
- Formal, old-world appearance
- Dense, full crown
- Excellent small hedge
- Pyramidal crown
- Slender and elegant
