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Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa
Shrub for woodland edge or casual 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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Wildlife, Fruits are prized by a variety of birds and mammals.
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Habitat, Sandhills, scrub, flatwoods, cypress swamp margins. Acid soils. Mesic to dry-mesic flatwoods, edges of bayneads, cypress depressions, cutthroat seeps.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Pollinated primarily by native bees.
- Clusters of tubular flowers
- Excellent hedge choice
- Intoxicating fragrance
- Stately and uncommon
Salvia azurea
Wildflower garden, suitable for naturalizing.
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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, Flatwoods, sandhills, pine-oak-hickory woods, secondary woods.
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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
Bursera simaruba
This tree has a thick trunk and both the trunk and branches can twist into interesting shapes. The bark is red to bronze and peels. It's also called t
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Wildlife, Kingbirds and other flycatchers eat the fruits (IRC, Haehle and Brookwell 1999).
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Habitat, Moist hammocks, dry hammocks, dry hardwood forests, coastal uplands, urban areas
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host for dingy purplewing (Eunica monima) (IRC).
Attracts bees and other insect pollinators
- Pyramidal crown
- Dense, full crown
- Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
- Does best with periodic fertalization
- Requires high humidity
- Prolific fruiter
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
Gentiana saponaria
The range of this plant barely makes it into Florida and only 2 locations have been documented. It is not rare in states to the north.
Garden flower
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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, Moist woods, stream banks, moist roadsides.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Bumblebees are an important pollinator for this species. Small beetles feed on the pollen.
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
- Unique foliage and silhouette
- Iconic symbol of the south
- Highly nutritious fruit
Silphium asteriscus
The bloom period is relatively long - lasting from early spring, well into fall.
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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Wildlife, Seeds eaten by birds.
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Habitat, Moist roadsides, flatwoods, sandhill, scrub.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies
Attracts bees
- Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
- Striking and exotic
- Requires occassional fertalization
- Does poorly in very wet soil
- Year-round blooms
- Lush, dense shade tree
Glandularia tampensis
Naturally very rare. Please acquire only from reputable sources.
Usualliy said to be perennial, but may not get past the first year.
Wildflower garde
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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, Short lived and may not reseed. Best to plan on this behaving like an annual.
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Habitat, Mesic flatwoods, live oak-cabbage palm hammock. Edges and clearings.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies, hummingbird moths, and bees.
- Beautiful rounded dense canopy
- Not recommended
- Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
- Self-shedding fronds
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
Laguncularia racemosa
It's called "white mangrove" because it exudes extra salt through special glands which makes the leaves appear white.
The word "mangrove" refers to a
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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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Habitat, Mangrove swamps. Tends to be at higher elevations that red and black mangroves.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Hurricane wind resistance
Attracts bees, wasps, flies and butterflies (Landry 2013).
- Thick branching into attractive silouttes
- Fragrant in the evening
- Rapid growth
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
