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Liatris elegans
Wildflower garden.
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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, Sandhill, mesic flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees.
- Year-round blooms
- Attracts butterflies
- Unique foliage and silhouette
Bignonia capreolata
To see how crossvine gets its common name, cut a mature stem and you'll see that the pith is cross-shaped.
Climbs using tendrils with adhesive disks.
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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, Its fast growth habit will need to be controlled in a small garden.
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Wildlife, Attracts some butterflies, but mainly hummingbirds as pollinators.
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Habitat, Moist hammocks, dry hammocks, dry hardwood forests
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
- Stunning
- Striking and exotic
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Not recommended
- Attracts butterflies and bees
Simarouba glauca
Specimen tree.
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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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Considertions, As the tree matures its roots, which are close to the surface, can become a hazard to paved surfaces by causing upheaval. Frost sensitive, do not plan
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Wildlife, Fruits eaten and dispersed by birds
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Habitat, Coastal hammocks extending up the coast to mid-peninsula in coastal hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Pollinated by bees
- Will not tolerate frost
- Fast growth
- Colorful older leaves
Equisetum hyemale var. affine
Leaves are very small and arranged in circles around the stem at each node giving it a banded appearance. This is a fern ally and reproduces by spores
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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, This plant will spread.
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Wildlife, Provides good cover at the edges of waterways or ponds.
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Habitat, Sandy soils in river floodplains, lake edges, ditches, sloughs.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
- Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
- Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
- Relatively compact and narrow canopy
- Can be kept narrow
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
Melanthera nivea
Although it has square stems and opposite leaves like members of the mint family (Lamiaceae), this is a member of the daisy family, but it has no ray
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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, Can get rangy and may need pruning. Reseeds, so plant it where that's not a problem.
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Habitat, Edges of upland hardwood forests, hydric hammocks, maritime hammocks, pine flatwoods, pine-oak-hickory woods, calcareous hammocks, coastal hammocks, o
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Heavily used by butterflies, skippers, bees, and wasps for nectar. This plant is an insect magnet.
- Unique fluffy fronds
- Can be kept narrow
- Not a true jasmine
- Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
- Slow Growth
