Filters
Sort
Sort
Sort By :
By :
Grid View
List View
Uvularia spp.
All bellworts that occur in Florida are rare. Please do not transplant from the wild unless there is imminent danger of site destruction (permits may
,
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Habitat, Slope forest, bluffs, river swamps. Rare.
,
Did You Know?, Showy flowers
- Showy fall color
- Not a true jasmine
- Handsome
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
Salvia azurea
Wildflower garden, suitable for naturalizing.
,
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Habitat, Flatwoods, sandhills, pine-oak-hickory woods, secondary woods.
,
Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Nectar source for native bees, including bumblebees, and other pollinators (Xerces Society)..
Attracts butterflies
- Requires high humidity
- Fruit eaten by birds
- Magnificent showy flowers in summer
- Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
- Highly salt tolerant
Amorpha herbacea
A second subspecies, Amorpha herbacea subsp. crenulata is Endemic to Dade County. Considered to by Endangered by the State of Florida and by the USFW
,
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Habitat, Pine rocklands and in marl prairies (trasverse glades).
,
Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Larval host for silver spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus) and southern dogface (Zerene cesonia) butterflies.
Attr
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Delicious edible fruit
- Damaged by citrus canker
- Fragrant in the evening
- Silvery blue-green fronds
- Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
Aquilegia canadensis
Specimen plant or rock garden.
,
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Considertions, If conditions are right, it's a prolific reseeder.
,
Wildlife, Blooms attract hummingbirds. Seeds consumed by small birds.
,
Habitat, Bluffs and rock outcrops in moist deciduous forests. May also be found on shallow loamy soils over rock.
,
Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Blooms attract bees, butterflies, and hawk moths
- Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
- Formal appearance
- Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
Justicia pringlei
Makes a nice ground cover in semi-shady to shady areas.
,
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Habitat, Hammocks, secondary woods and hedge rows.
,
Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Flowers profusely year round
- Attracts butterflies
- Massive stature when mature
- Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
Vaccinium darrowii
Leaves are glaucous and appear to be blue-green sometimes with pink-violet overtones.
The range includes the Florida panhandle and much of the pennins
,
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Considertions, Must have acidic soil.
,
Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit.
,
Habitat, Moist sites. Flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods.
,
Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Attracts various pollinators, especially native bees. Documented bee species include Agapostemon s
- Unique, fern-like leaves
- Very showy clusters of red flowers
- Lush, dense shade tree
Smallanthus uvedalia
Good plant for pollinators, esp. in the back of the garden
,
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Habitat, Naturally grows in moist areas
,
Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Butterfly nectar plant
Attracts bees esp. bumble bees, ants (NC Native Plant Society)
- Requires ample space and light
- Very rare
- Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
- Long-lasting year-round blooms
Halesia carolina
Grown less frequently than H. diptera but worthy of planting.
Grow as an understory tree in a mixed or deciduous woodland. It blooms in early spring
,
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Wildlife, Larval host for various moths including the Promethea Moth (Callosamia promethea), Canadian Melanolophia (Melanolophia canadaria), and Stinging Rose
,
Habitat, Bluffs, hammocks, floodplain forests.
,
Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Showy flowers
Larval host for various moths including the Promethea Moth (Callosamia promethea), Canadian Melanolophia (Melanoloph
- Does best with periodic fertalization
- Tiered branches
- Stately and uncommon
- Delicious edible fruit
Hypericum myrtifolium
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Wildlife, Foliage and seeds are food source for birds and mammals.
,
Habitat, Seeps, wet prairies, wet flatwoods.
,
Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts pollinators, especially bees.
- Attractive dark green leaves
- Unique fluffy fronds
- Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
Ruellia noctiflora
Moist wildflower meadow
,
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Considertions, Flowers open at night
,
Habitat, Wet flatwoods and bogs
,
Did You Know?, Pollinated by Sphinx moths
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Excellent edible fruit
- Smaller stature
- Will not tolerate frost
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
Aletris lutea
Moist wildflower garden. As it is tall and thin, it's best planted as a group toward the rear of other plants.
,
Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
,
Habitat, Open seepage areas, flatwoods, moist ditches.
,
Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Pollinated by bumblebees and beeflies.
- Pleasant rounded shape
- Native
- Dense canopy
- Elegant
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
