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Iris verna var. smalliana
Noted for fragrance.
Casual shade garden. It spreads, so eventually acts as a groundcover.
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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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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees, esp. bumblebees.
- Stunning
- Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
- Arched, recurving fronds
- Colorful older leaves
- Slow Growth
Habenaria quinqueseta
Keep it if you have it.
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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, Wet hammocks, meadows, fence rows, roadsides, open and dense woods, wet flatwoods, floodplain forests.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Pollinated by moths.
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
- Retains leaves until just before blooming
- Elegant
- Unusual deep green leaves with bronze underside
Viburnum acerifolium
Specimen shrub, woodland understory shrub, screen, shrub border, mass 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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Considertions, Clonal: sends out many suckers.
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume fruit.
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Habitat, Upland woods. Bluffs.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Larval host for the spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon).
Both native and non-native viburnums (Viburnum
- Can be trimmed into manicured shapes
- Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
- Narrow canopy
- Narrow crown
- Relatively uncommon in South Florida
- Pyramidal crown
Crataegus michauxii
Not much information is available on growing this species. Likely to be somewhat difficult to establish but very durable once established.
Specimen p
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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, especially important for native bees. Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit. Larval food for hummingbird clearwing moth(Hem
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Habitat, Dry, sandy, well-drained sites including scrub and sandhill.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
- Not recommended
- Readily pruned into attractive shapes
- Showy creamy white flowers
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
- Majestic, sprawling canopy
Sarracenia psittacina
In natural settings, benefits from fire.
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, Bogs, savannas, seep slopes, seepy edges of marshes and wet prairies, seepy roadside swales.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Pollinated by bees
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
- Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
- Very slow growth
- Attractive shade tree
- Flowers profusely year round
- Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
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
Symphyotrichum chapmanii
Based on the BONAP range map, this species is a "near endemic" -- it occurs only in the panhandle and a 3 counties in southern Alabama.
At this time,
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Tolerance, Unknown
Unknown
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Wildlife, Small birds eat the seed.
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Habitat, Wet flatwoods, bogs, savannahs, prairies
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Nectar plant for many butterfly species but also visited by other native insect pollinators.
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
- Uncommon
- No longer recommended
Quercus shumardii
Shade tree. Relatively conical or oval in form. Straight trunk.
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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, Acorns used by mammals and birds.
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Habitat, Wet calcareous hammocks, wetland edges and floodplains. Sometimes in bluff microsites.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host for the white-m hairstreak and Horace's duskywing.
- Very fast growth rate
- Excellent choice for narrow spaces
- Huge extremely fragrant flowers
- Thrives only briefly, about 1 year
- Rapid growth
- Delicious edible fruit
