Native Smaller Shrubs

Bird Pepper

Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum

Cold: Semi-tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average Leaves: Evergreen

3 ft height. Long lived annual or short lived perennial. Small white flowers most of year. Small red-hot peppers eaten by birds and people.

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Blueberry, Darrow’s

Vaccinium darrowii

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Poor Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen

3 ft height. Attractive rainbow-colored foliage. White/pink flowers in spring attract various pollinators, especially native bees. Edible fruit great for birds, or people in summer.

Cocoplum, Horizontal

Chrysobalanus icaco ‘Horizontal’

Cold: Tender Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Alkaline Moisture: Dry Leaves: Evergreen

4 ft height. Can be trimmed. Great for full sun and coastal sites. Excellent wildlife attractor. Produces sweet tasting white "plums".

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.

Holly, Yaupon Dwarf

Ilex vomitoria ‘Shellings’

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen

3 ft height. Border planting or mass planting Slow growing. New growth has reddish tips.

Indigoberry, Horizontal

Randia aculeata ‘Horizontal’

Cold: Semi-tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade / Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

4 ft height. Horizontal, weeping low growing form. Small white flowers and small white berries.

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.

Pitch Apple, Dwarf

Clusia rosea ‘Nana’

Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

4 ft height. Small, succulent leaves. Border or specimen plant. Great in containers.

Prostrate Porterweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen

2 ft height. Butterfly attractor. Low growing. Blue flowers. Does not tolerate regular irrigation on leaves, but very hardy once established.