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Hypericum myrtifolium
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, Foliage and seeds are food source for birds and mammals.
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Habitat, Seeps, wet prairies, wet flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts pollinators, especially bees.
- Attractive dark green leaves
- Unique fluffy fronds
- Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
Lyonia mariana
Has larger flowers than most lyonias.
Can be used as a specimen shrub or in a 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, Slow growing.
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Habitat, Edges of flatwoods marshes, cypress-hardwood pond margins, bogs, shrub-tree swamps, hydric and low mesic flatwoods, occasionally in well-drained mixed
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers
Attracts bees.
- Long-lasting year-round blooms
- Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
- Not a true jasmine
- Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
Senna ligustrina
Because it's a legume it can grow in poor soils, but does better with added organic matter.
Specimen shrub.
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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, Hammock edges, disturbed areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host plant for cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae), sleepy orange (Eurema nicippi) and the introduced orange-barred sulphur (Phoe
- Requires ample space and light
- Adequate moisture required
- Moderately drought tolerant
- Majestic, sprawling canopy
Distichlis spicata
Lawn-like groundcover especially near the edges of salt water.
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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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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume seed.
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Habitat, Salt marsh.
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Did You Know?, Larval host for obscure skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides) and saltmarsh skipper (Panoquina panoquin).
- Unusual stilt roots
- Wonderfully fragrant
- Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
- Highly wind tolerant
Asclepias humistrata
Interesting pink veined foliage, showy flowers. Often lies on its side with the flowers held somewhat above the rest of the plant.
Has an extremely de
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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, Toxic if eaten unless boiled with two waters. Tends to sprawl.
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Habitat, Sandhill, clayhill, scrub.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Larval host to the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) and other
- Hummingbird favorite
- Somewhat drought tolerant
- Attractive glossy leaves
- Critically endangered
Aletris lutea
Moist wildflower garden. As it is tall and thin, it's best planted as a group toward the rear of other plants.
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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, Open seepage areas, flatwoods, moist ditches.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Pollinated by bumblebees and beeflies.
- Pleasant rounded shape
- Native
- Dense canopy
- Elegant
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
