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Canna flaccida
Grow as stands of flowers in moist areas.
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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, Self-fertile, so seeds can be produced by self-pollination. Pollination is facilitated by bats, hummingbirds, and other small wildlife species.
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Habitat, Wet sites. Swamps, pond and lake margins, ditches, savannas, hydric pine flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Self-fertile, so seeds can be produced by self-pollination.
Pollination is facilitated by bees.
Larval host of the
- Beautiful rounded canopy
- Adequate moisture required
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Self-shedding fronds
- Year-round blooms
Sabatia brevifolia
Not generally grown, little information on culture has been located.
Wildflower in moist casual setting.
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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, Moist flatwoods, savannas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Bees have been documented using this species including Dialictus nymphalis and D. tegularis (Deyrup et al. 2002).
- Breathtaking
- Self-shedding fronds
- Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
- Recently classified invasive
- Ringed trunk
- Grows tall, but not massive
Myrcianthes fragrans
Specimen plant. Roadsides, parking lot edges, and medians. Smaller forms can make good foundation screens.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Considertions, Both suckers and seedlings will appear.
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Wildlife, Birds eat the fruits.
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Habitat, Tropical rockland hammock, coastal hammock.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Interesting bark, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Hurricane wind resistance
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
- Damaged by citrus canker
- Colorful fall foliage
- Healthy edible fruit
