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Calycanthus floridus
Informal settings where it can be a low hedge plant or specimen. Plant forms small clusters by suckering, so give it room.
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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, In the right conditions, the suckering will be aggressive.
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Habitat, Mesic-wet mesic sites. Slope forests, bluffs, riverine floodplain, upland hardwood forest, slope forest, bottomland forest. Found on stream banks.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Fall color, Showy flowers
Mostly pollinated by sap beetles. The beetles are drawn by the scent of fermentation, and they work their
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
- Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
- Elegant and stately
Oenothera laciniata
As the name infers, the flowers of this plant open at night. Once the sun starts coming up, the flowers will begin to wilt. By night fall the flowers
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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, This species can be weedy.
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Wildlife, Bobwhite, mourning dove and gold finches feed on the seeds
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Habitat, Cutleaf evening-primrose is found most often in sandy and limerock based soils, and favors disturbed areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts native bees, butterflies and moths. Especially interesting to native bees.
- Sprawling and informal shrub
- Prominant olive crownshaft
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Long-lasting year-round blooms
- Not a true pine
Baptisia simplicifolia
This plant is a legume and its roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules on them. It is useful on nutrient poor soils.
Baptisia simplicifolia is a Florida en
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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 to livestock and humans.
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Wildlife, Deer and rabbits browse the foliage, and as a legume it provides nutritious, protein-rich food.
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Habitat, Flatwoods, sandhills and other upland open pinelands
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host for wild indigo duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae) and Zarucco duskywing (Erynnis zarucco) butterflies.
Pollinated by bumble bee
- Towering
- Flowers profusely year round
- Tropical silhouette
- Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
