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Crossopetalum ilicifolium
Small shrub. Prostrate. Can be planted as a groundcover in beds or masses with other low-growing plants. Makes a good plant for use in a rock (limeroc
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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, Fruits attract birds including quail.
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Habitat, Pine rockland, rockland hammock, sinkhole. Sinkhole edges.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
- Excellent small hedge
- Attractive symmetrical appearance
- Healthy edible fruit
- Handsome
- Towering
Cartrema floridanum
This is a Florida endemic.
Screen plant esp. for sunny, dry sites. Specimen plant where its shiny foliage will be appreciated.
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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, Slow growing.
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Wildlife, Larger birds and small mammals eat the fruit.
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Habitat, Dry sites. Scrub, scrubby sandhill.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Bees and other pollinators.
- Showy fall color
- Tiered branches
- Prominent pale green crownshaft
Heliopsis helianthoides var. gracilis
Informal wildflower 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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Wildlife, Seeds eaten by birds.
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Habitat, Pine-oak-hickory woods, longleaf pinelands, bluffs.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees but the list of insects is diverse and includes hoverflies and soldier beetles. The ground nesting bee,
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
- Colorful new leafs
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
Clematis crispa
Climbs by twining petioles.
Grow on a trellis or fence.
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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, To remain attractive and not become a mass of past growth, cut it back occasionally. Thin out old stems.
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Wildlife, Attracts hummingbords.
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Habitat, Riverine swamps, wet hammocks. This species can be seen near the boardwalks at Flint Creek and Sargeant Parks in Hillsborough County.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Larval host for mournful thyris (Thyris sepulchralis).
Attracts bees and butterfli
- Damaged by citrus canker
- Uncommon edible fruit
- Attractive variegated foliage
