Shrubs
Tuck yourself into nature.
Beauty Berry
Callicarpa americana
Cold: Hardy Light: Partial Sun / Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Deciduous
6 ft height. Small pinkish white flowers in spring and purple berries in fall.
Good understory for shade. Wildlife attracting.
Buttonwood, Silver
Conocarpus erectus: var sericeus
Cold: Tender Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Good hedge, screen or specimen for coastal sites and barrier islands.
Distinctive silver foliage.
Cocoplum, Red Tipped
Chrysobalanus icaco
Cold: Tender Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Can be trimmed. Good hedge, screen or specimen for coastal sites and barrier islands.
Excellent wildlife attractor. Produces sweet tasting "plums".
Coral Bean
Erythrina herbacea
Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Deciduous
15 ft height. Attracts hummingbirds. Red, tubular blooms before heart shaped leaves in spring. Thorns.
Most of plant poisonous to people and pets if ingested.
Elderberry, Southern
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Poor Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Semi-Deciduous
15 ft height. White edible flowers in flat-topped clusters bloom Spring - Summer and attract numerous pollinators.
Black fruit eaten by birds, used for pies, jellies, jams and wines. Weeping large shrub or small tree. Suckers.
Fetterbush
Lyonia lucida
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Poor Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Average Leaves: Evergreen
8 ft height. Profuse and prolonged flowering during spring.
Aromatic shiny leaves. Multi-stemmed.
Fiddlewood
Citharexylum fruticosum
Cold: Tender Light: Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry Leaves: Evergreen
18 ft height. Small shrubby tree. White fragrant flowers year round, showy golden to dark weeping berry clusters.
Glossy green leaf. Tropical looking.
Firebush
Hamelia patens
Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
12 ft height. Will freeze to ground during rare prolonged freezes, but will re-sprout. Major pollinator and bird attractor.
Coral flowers. Year round color. Color for shade.
Firebush, Calusa
Hamelia patens ‘Calusa’
Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
6 ft height. Dense and uniform growth habit. Brighter red flowers. Leaves hold a darker shade of red, especially in cooler weather.
Will freeze to ground during rare prolonged freezes, but will re-sprout. Major pollinator and bird attractor.
Florida Privet
Forestiera segregata
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Semi-Deciduous
10 ft height.
Dense dark green foliage. Good hedge plant. Excellent bird attractor.
Holly, Yaupon
Ilex vomitoria
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade 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.
Jamaican Caper
Capparis cynophallophora
Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade / Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Large understory shrub for coastal sites or will adapt to some sun. White/pinkish fragrant blossoms in summer. Dark green leaves.
https://flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-quadrella-jamaicensis/
Lantana, Florida
Lantana involucrata
Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen
6 ft height. Coastal areas.
White to light lavender flowers. Butterfly attractor.
Marlberry
Ardisia escalloniodes
Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Partial Shade / Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Fragrant white flowers in fall, dark berries for birds through winter.
Dense habit. Good for screens. Columnar. Coastal.
Necklacepod, Yellow
Sophora tomentosa subsp. truncata
Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
6 ft height. Large gentle spike yellow flowers.
Soft, interesting green foliage. Butterfly attractor.
Necklacepod, Silver
Sophora tomentosa subsp. occidentalis
Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
6 ft height. Large gentle spike yellow flowers. Soft, interesting silver foliage.
Butterfly attractor. Non-native (native to Texas).
Pitch Apple
Clusia rosea
Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height.
Large, succulent leaves. Showy. Specimen or buffer plant.
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
Saltbush, Dwarf
Baccharis dioica
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
6 ft height. Showy creamy flowers late spring - late summer.
Great pollinator and butterfly attractor.
Sea Grape
Coccoloba uvifera
Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Large leaves. Showy.
Will freeze to ground if inland during prolonged freezes, but will re-sprout.
Senna Privet
Senna ligustrina
Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average Leaves: Evergreen
6 ft height. Yellow flowers in fall.
Excellent butterfly host plant.
Stopper, Simpson
Myrcianthes fragrans
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade / Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Great hedge plant.
Aromatic leaves, fragrant white flowers, showy berries for birds. Interesting bark.
Stopper, Spanish
Eugenia foetida
Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade / Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Great hedge plant for small spaces as it tends to stay compact in width.
Fragrant white flowers, showy berries for birds.
Walter’s Viburnum
Viburnum obovatum
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
15 ft height. Versatile. Easily pruned.
Covered in small white flowers in spring.
Wax Myrtle (aka Southern Bayberry)
Myrica cerifera
Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
20 ft height. Highly adaptable as small tree or shrub. Good wildlife cover.
Great buffer plant. Aromatic leaves and berries.
Wild Coffee
Psychotria nervosa
Cold: Hardy Light: Partial Shade / Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen
8 ft height. Highly adaptable. Great buffer plant. Soft foliage for dense deep shade to light shade understory.
Dark shiny leaves. Tropical looking. Good wildlife cover, showy red berries for birds.
We try to carry these amazing plants at the Nursery year round, to the best of our ability. Availability changes daily, so please call us (941) 322-1915 or send an email to info@floridanativeplants.com before visiting to make sure your specific sought after plants are in stock.
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