Fiddlewood

The shiny green leaves, gently fragrant flowers and glossy berries make this a charming plant. Can occasionally be subject to defoliation by the moth larvae, but these are an excellent food source for birds and their nestlings, and the fiddlewood regenerates quickly.



Wonderful in a mixed hedge, can be sheared to desired height, but the flowers and berries are too good to be missed. Excellent specimen plant. This plant is naturally multi-stemmed; to form a tree, the stems must be continually reduced to one until a trunk is formed.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Berries eaten by many species of bids and other wildlife.

Dry sites. Pinelands, maritime and sub-tropical or tropical hammocks

• Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Hurricane wind resistance
• Larval host for fiddlewood leafroller moth (Epicorsia oedipodalis) (Institute for Regional Conservation).
• Nectar plant for butterflies.
• Attracts bee pollinators.