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Palafoxia feayi
Endemic to the Florida peninsula.
Since this gets tall, plant it at the rear of a wildflower garden. Blooms in mid-fall with blooms concentrated at t
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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, Scrub and scrubby flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and moths
Types of bees that have been observed visiting the flowers at the Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup
- Christmas tree shape
- Silvery blue-green fronds
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
- Uncommon
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
Asimina incana
Specimen shrub.
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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, May be difficult to establish because of its long tap root.
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Wildlife, Small mammals and birds harvest the fruit.
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Habitat, Sandhills, flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
The flowers produce an odor similar to rotting meat to attract blowflies or carrion beetles for cross pollination.
Larval host for zebr
- Narrow crown
- Elegant
- Stunning colorful foliage
Canavalia rosea
An important sand dune stabilizer.
Groundcover in sandy areas. Used for dune stabilization. Fast growing.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of frequent or regular inundation (usually areas with tidal inundation)
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and
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Considertions, It can be aggressive in the landscape. The seeds and seed pods are poisonous.
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Wildlife, Attracts bees.
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Habitat, Coastal dunes.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
- Prefers acidic soil
- Elegant and stately
- Drought tolerant
- Highly salt tolerant
- Showy fall color
- Mostly bare in the coldest months
Plumbago zeylanica
This species is grown primarily for its use as a butterfly plant. It is not as showy as the commonly grown introduced plumbago.
This species has a pan
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray wo
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Habitat, Coastal hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Larval host for Cassius blue.
Attracts butterflies, moths, and bees.
- Striking symmetrical appearance
- Adequate fertalization required
- Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
- Readily pruned into attractive shapes
- Imposing stature
