Trees
“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” - Nelson Henderson
(note: “Standard” denotes a plant that is naturally a multi-trunk large shrub, but has been trained to be a one trunk small tree)
Bahama Strongbark
Bourreria succulenta
Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Small specimen tree with weeping habit. Showy flowers and berries. Great for attracting diverse numbers of pollinators and birds.
Buttonwood, Silver Standard
Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus
Cold: Tender Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Small specimen tree for coastal sites and barrier islands. Distinctive silver foliage.
Buttonwood, Green Standard
Conocarpus erectus
Cold: Tender Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
20 ft height. Specimen tree for coastal sites and barrier islands.
Cedar, Southern Red
Juniperus silicicola
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
30 ft height. Used as living Xmas tree. Good nesting cover for birds. Excellent buffer plant.
Cinnamon Bark
Canella winterana
Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Moderate Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen
20 ft height. Endangered. Understory or specimen tree. Drought-tolerant. Dense and broad crown, thick aromatic leaves, fragrant purplish red flowers in spring, berries in winter. Flowers attract numerous pollinators including butterflies, fruits eaten by birds. Used medicinally.
Cypress, Bald
Taxodium distichum
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist / Flooded Leaves: Deciduous
40 ft height. Large long-lived tree for wet or dry sites. Pest resistant.
Cypress, Pond
Taxodium ascendens
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist / Flooded Leaves: Deciduous
40 ft height. Excellent pond and swale edge tree.
Elm, Florida
Ulmus americana var. floridana
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Deciduous
45 ft height. Fast growing shade tree.
Elm, Winged
Ulmus alata
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Deciduous
35 ft height. Corky "wings" on branches. Nice specimen tree for extra dry sites. Wide spread.
Fiddlewood Standard
Citharexylum fruticosum
Cold: Tender Light: Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry Leaves: Evergreen
18 ft height. Small tree. White fragrant flowers year round, showy golden to dark weeping berry clusters. Glossy green leaf. Tropical looking.
Fringe Tree
Chionanthus virginicus
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Deciduous
20 ft height. Small, flowering tree. Slow-growing. Drought-tolerant. Flowers with fringe-like petals in Spring followed by olive-like fruit.
Geiger Tree
Cordia sebestena
Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen
20 ft height. Bright orange, trumpet shaped flowers that bloom year round. Attracts hummingbirds. Will freeze inland. Drought-tolerant.
Gumbo Limbo
Bursera simaruba
Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Deciduous
40 ft height. Distinctive peeling copper-colored bark.
Holly, Yaupon
Ilex vomitoria
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen
20 ft height. Small tree or large shrub. Small white flowers. Red berries on female for wildlife.
Holly, Yaupon Weeping
Ilex vomitoria var. pendula
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen
20ft height. Unique weeping form. Columnar shape. Slow growing. Specimen tree. Red berries.
Holly, Dahoon
Ilex cassine
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Average / Flooded Leaves: Evergreen
25 ft height. Good for moist sites. Red berries on female tree for wildlife.
Magnolia, Southern
Magnolia grandiflora
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
30 ft height. Fragrant blooms 8 months of year.
Oak, Laurel
Quercus laurifolia
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Poor Soil PH: Alkaline Moisture: Dry / Moist Leaves: Semi-Deciduous
40 ft height. Fast growing. Dense. 100 year life span.
Oak, Live
Quercus virginiana
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Semi-Deciduous
45 ft height. Very broad crown. Needs space. Long lived tree.
Pine, Longleaf
Pinus palustris
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen
40 ft height. Long lived tree. Good disease resistance. Nest and food source for birds.
Pine, Slash
Pinus elliottii
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry /Average Leaves: Evergreen
40 ft height. Fast growth. Light, even high shade. Nest and food source for birds.
Plum, Chickasaw
Prunus anqustifolia
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Poor Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Deciduous
12 ft height. Dense, multi-stemmed, colonizes. Showy, white, Spring blooms. Edible fruit.
The Plum Trees, poem by Mary Oliver
Wild Plum, poem by Orrick Johns
Plum, Flatwoods
Prunus umbellata
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Poor Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Deciduous
20 ft height. Single trunk. Purplish, edible fruit. Showy, white, Spring bloom.
The Plum Trees, poem by Mary Oliver
Wild Plum, poem by Orrick Johns
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Poor Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Average / Flooded Leaves: Deciduous
40 ft height. Fast growing shade tree. Red seeds and fall foliage.
Stopper, Simpson Standard
Myrcianthes fragrans
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun to Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Small specimen tree. Aromatic leaves, fragrant white flowers. Showy bright-colored berries for birds.
Sweet Acacia
Acacia farnesiana
Cold: Semi-Hardy Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Semi-Deciduous
15 ft height. Bright yellow fragrant flowers in winter. Thorny spines. Excellent nesting tree.
Wild Lime
Zanthoxylum fagara
Cold: Semi-Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Small shrubby tree with hooked thorns on branches. Butterfly host plant and attractor.
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The Conditions
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Salt
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Soil PH
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Flooded
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Evergreen
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