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Aquilegia canadensis
Specimen plant or rock 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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Considertions, If conditions are right, it's a prolific reseeder.
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Wildlife, Blooms attract hummingbirds. Seeds consumed by small birds.
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Habitat, Bluffs and rock outcrops in moist deciduous forests. May also be found on shallow loamy soils over rock.
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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
Chrysopsis mariana
Use in wildflower gardens. Gradually spreads to form small clusters of 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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Wildlife, Primarily wind dispersed, but small birds consume seed.
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Habitat, Moist to moderately dry well-drained soils
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Butterflies and bees including green metallic, sweat, leafcutter, bumble and mining bees (Florida Wildflower Foundation).
- Moderately slow growth
- Ringed trunk
- Very showy bright yellow flowers
Crataegus marshallii
Specimen plant for floodplain or mist settings.
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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 other wildlife consume the fruit, but not as popular as other haws.
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Habitat, Moist sites. Riverine forests, moist wooded slopes such as ravines and bluffs, stream banks.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage, Thorns
Attracts pollinators, especially important for native bees.
Larval food for hummingbird clearw
- Narrow canopy
- Elegant and stately
- Forms an open canopy
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
Wetland wildflower garden.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (
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Wildlife, Attracts hummingbirds.
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Habitat, Salt, brackish, or fresh water marshes, sloughs, ditches, borders of mangrove and other swamps, wet forest clearings.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and various pollinators.
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Propagation, Fruit ones don't come true from seed so propagate vegetatively with either cuttings or by grafting onto a hardy
rootstock.
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Did You Know?, The plant is smaller, typically a large shrub, and more cold hardy. The fruits are sweet, with a thinner, edible red skin and the white flesh interior
- Flowers profusely year round
- Easy/Carefree
- Moderately salt tolerant
- Showy creamy white flowers
- Wonderfully fragrant flowers
Solidago sempervirens
The leaves have a waxy coating.
Wildflower garden.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of frequent or regular inundation (usually areas with tidal inundation)
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Expo
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Habitat, Coastal upland forest. Coastal marshes, estuarine and bay shores.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Nectar plant for monarch (Danaus plexippus) and other butterflies.
Attracts many pollinators. The goldenrod soldier beetle (a.k.a. le
- Showy red berries
- Moderately slow growth
- Majestic and graceful
- Heavy feeder
- No longer recommended
Crataegus phaenopyrum
Listed as Endangered by the State of Florida.
Specimen plant, screen, or can be pruned into a hedge. Fall color is orange-red and moderately showy in
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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, Has thorns.
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit.
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Habitat, Floodplain forests and swamps.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Thorns
Larval food for hummingbird clearwing moth(Hemaris thysbe), striped hairstreak butterfly(Satyrium lip
- Long-lasting year-round blooms
- Showy reddish peeling bark
- Beautiful shiny green leaves
- Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
- Falls over easily, may require staking
