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Eryngium yuccifolium
Can be used as an accent plant or grown in the mid-rear of the garden. Also suitable in wildflower gardens. Its broad tolerance of soil and moisture c
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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, The coarse foliage and prickly balls of flowers are not popular as a source of food with mammalian herbivores, although they may nibble off the ends o
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Habitat, Moist-moist-wet sites. Cutthroat seeps, savannas, wet flatwoods, wet prairie, coastal flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Attracts many kinds of insects, including long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, butte
- Christmas tree shape
- Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Flowers profusely year round
Agarista populifolia
Toxic to humans. and some animals.
Specimen plant, foundation planting, screen.
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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, Old stems should be pruned. Plant tends to sucker, so plant where suckers are an asset.
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Wildlife, Some birds and other wildlife consume fruit. Foliage is poisonous.
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Habitat, Seepage areas, moist hammocks, swamps, river floodplains
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Highly wind tolerant
- Showy red berries
- Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
- Beloved in South Florida
- Critically endangered
- Excellent small to medium hedge
Coreopsis leavenworthii
Coreopsis is the State wildflower.
Cultivated flower beds, wildflower gardens, meadows, and butterfly 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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Considertions, Self-seeds and so could become weedy.
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Habitat, Moist to wet flatwoods, marl prairies, sandhill, scrub, and disturbed areas. Common on moist, open roadsides.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts small butterflies.
Source of nectar and pollen for honeybees, native bees, and wasps.
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Falls over easily, may require staking
- Beautiful silhouette
- Attractive silver-gray foliage
Tradescantia roseolens
The cells of the stamen hairs of some Tradescantia are colored blue, but when exposed to sources of ionizing radiation such as gamma rays, the cells m
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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 cause allergic reaction in dogs and cats characterized by red itchy skin.
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Wildlife, Attracts pollinators.
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Habitat, Sandhill, scrub and disturbed areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
- Massive stature when mature
- Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
- Fast growth
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
- Moderately slow growth
- Requires protection from strong winds
Cornus amomum
Has considerable winter interest as its bark is smooth and red.
Wet site hedge, wet site specimen plant especially if a clump is suitable.Rarely plan
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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, Birds and small mammals consume the fruit. Fruits used by birds and small mammals.
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Habitat, Riverine swamps, natural levees along streams, lake margins. Typically in areas with shallow annual inundation, typically during the winter/early spri
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Showy flowers
Larval host for cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia) and spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon).
Attracts long
- Thick branching into attractive silouttes
- Wonderfully fragrant
- Attracts butterflies and bees
