Wild Allamanda

Grow on a trellis, fence, or post.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without injury.

The sap is an irritant to the skin and poisonous if ingested.

Said to attract hummingbirds.

Pine woods, coastal hammocks, edges of coastal marshes.

• Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
• Larval host of the polka dot wasp moth (Syntomeida epilais), but there is a question whether or not that's a native moth as that is the moth that defoliates oleander and desert rose plants.
• Skipper butterflies visit the flowers.
• Said to attract butterflies.