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Water Matters Day 2017 Tree and Plant Giveaway Native Shrubs Firebush Hamelia patens • Grows rapidly to 10 ft high • Blooms year-round redorange tubular flowers that attract hummingbirds & butterflies • Can be a hedge, shrub or small tree • Berries attract birds • Full to partial sun • High drought tolerance • Moderate salt tolerance Coontie Zamia integrifolia • Grows 1 – 4 feet tall • Highly adaptable to many growing conditions • Full sun to deep shade • Dry to moist soils • Birds eat seeds and help in dispersal • Sole larval food plant for the endemic Atala hairstreak butterfly • Seeds poisonous to dogs Golden-creeper, Beach-creeper, Ernodea littoralis • 1-3 feet in height • Full sun • Groundcover in dry, open areas, mostly along the coast. • Round golden-yellow berry containing a single seed, in dense clusters. All year; peak winterspring. • Provides food for birds. Native Trees Bahama Strongbark Bourreria succulenta • Small accent or specimen flowering tree to 10 – 15 feet • Moderate growth rate • Full sun to light shade • Prefers well-drained soils • Drought tolerant • Semi-showy white flower all year; ½ “ wide; aromatic • Provides food and cover for wildlife • Listed as endangered by the State of Florida Photo: Keith A. Bradley Baycedar Suriana maritima • • • • • Accent or specimen along the coast Small flowering tree/shrub to 6 – 10 feet Moderate growth rate Full sun Prefers moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils • Drought tolerant and salt tolerant • Semi-showy yellow flower all year; ¼” wide • Larval host (mallow scrub-hairstreak martial scrub-hairstreak) and nectar plant (great southern white, julia and more) Photo: Roger L. Hammer Dahoon Holly Ilex cassine • Grows to 25 ft. high • Female tree produces red berries in fall & winter • Full sun to partial shade • Drought tolerant, but prefers moist areas • Moderate salt tolerance • Berries attract birds Florida Thatch Palm Thrinax radiata • Grows slowly to 20 - 28 feet • Partial to full sun • White flowers and fruit provide food for birds and pollinators • Larval food plant for Monk Skipper butterflies • High salt and drought tolerance • Listed as endangered by State of Florida Geiger Tree Cordia sebestena • Grows to an average of 20 feet • Brilliant orange flowers year–round • Prefers well drained soils • High salt and drought tolerance • Full sun to very light shade • Attracts hummingbirds Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba • Grows rapidly to 30 – 40 ft high • Full sun or partial shade • Prefers well-drained soils • Drought and salt tolerant • Nesting sites and food source for wildlife • Beautiful silver and rust color peeling bark • Larval food plant for Dingy Purplewing butterflies, nectar source Jamacian Caper Quadrella jamaicenis • Small tree or large shrub growing slowly upright to 12 feet in height • Full sun to light shade • Showy, fragrant pink flowers mostly at night in late winter spring • Drought and salt tolerant, excellent plant for coastal gardens • Useful as a low-maintenance hedge • Provides food and cover for wildlife, larval host plant for Florida white butterflies Lignum vitae Guaiacum sanctum • Specimen shrub or small tree typically 8’ – 20’ in height • Very slow growth rate • Requires full sun • Showy blue flower all year • Provides food and cover for birds • Larval host plant for lysine sulphur butterflies • Nectar plant for butterflies and bees • Catbirds and mockingbirds eat the seeds. Photo: George D. Gann Pigeon Plum Coccoloba diversifolia • Prefers full sun • Moderate growth rate to 25 to 35 feet in height • Dioecious, with male and female flowers on different plants, but male trees may bear fruits with a few sterile fruits • Prefers moist areas but is tolerant of short periods of drought • Dark purple fruit eaten by many birds and other wildlife Black Ironwood Krugiodendon ferreum • Very slow growing small to medium tree typically 15 feet in height • Attractive, glossy green leaves • Full sun to light shade • High drought tolerance • Moderate salt tolerance • Inconspicuous, small greenish flowers • Fruits attract birds • Densest of all woods native to South Florida George D. Gann Roger L. Hammer Satinleaf Chrysophyllum oliviforme • Beautiful slow growing tree, grows to 30 ft. high • Prefers well-drained, fertile soil • High wind tolerance • Attractive satiny leaves • Dark purple fruit attracts wildlife • Full sun or partial shade • High drought tolerance • Low salt tolerance Simpson’s Stopper Myrcianthes fragrans • Grows to 10’ high shrub or small tree • Good hedge plant • Fragrant blooms all year attract pollinators • Orange berries attract birds • Full to partial sun • High drought tolerance • High salt tolerance Wild Tamarind Lysiloma latisiliquum • Grows rapidly to 50 - 60 feet • Produces fragrant flowers from February to September • Attractive bark and weeping open form • High salt tolerance • High drought tolerance • Excellent tree for birds, butterflies Photo: Keith A. Bradley Willow-bustic Sideroxylon salicifolium • Accent tree with rounded or narrow crown • Typically 20-30 feet in height; to 57 feet in south Florida • Taller than broad • Fragrant flowers all year; peak in spring. • Nectar plant that also produces black berries. • Nectar plant for Florida duskywing, red-banded hairstreak and other butterflies Photo: Roger L. Hammer Trees Non-Native Bay Rum Pimenta racemosa • Ornamental tree suitable for small yards or tight planting areas • Moderate growth rate to 20 feet • Aromatic foliage and dark exfoliating bark • Full sun or light shade • Moderate drought tolerance • Pest-free and easy to grow • Produces Oil of Bay which is distilled from the leaves and twigs Fruit Trees Non-native Dwarf Mango Mangifera indica spp Three “condo” varieties are offered: Rosie Gold – Early season cultivar that can be maintained at 8 feet. Fiberless fruit with a rich, sweet flavor. Ripens March – June. Carrie – Florida cultivar Compact tree with very sweet fruit and little to no problems with fungus or disease. Ripens June to July. Nam Doc Mai- Asian mango Fruit is firm, sweet, aromatic and completely fiberless. Ripens June to July. Photos: Ian Maquire Loquat Eriobotrya japonica • Attractive evergreen tree with short trunk • Large leaves that are green on top and silver underneath • Moderate growth rate to 20 – 25 feet • Full sun for best fruit production • Fruit tastes like a combination of peach and apricot Lychee Litchi chinensis • Attractive evergreen tree with dark green foliage and reddish-color fruit • Average 25’ x 25’ height and width • Full sun, well drained soil • Fruit must be ripen on the tree for best flavor • Ripens late May – early July • Fruit is low in calories and a good source of potassium Sod Alternatives Native Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris • Grows 1 -3 feet in sun to light shade • High salt tolerance • Tolerates drought but does best with a little watering • Blooms pinkish or purplish red flowers fall to winter • Creates cover for wildlife • Seeds for birds • Wonderful accent plant Powderpuff Mimosa Mimosa strigillosa • Low ground cover, 3 to 4 inches high • Full sun • Blooms 1” wide pink/purple powderpuffs • Good substitute for turfgrass • Can be mowed Sod Alternatives Non-native Rainlily Zephyranthes citrina • Perennial, low ground cover with grass like foliage • Grows 6 – 12 inches high • Wonderful in mass plantings • Full to partial sun • Blooms late summer – fall 1” wide yellow flowers after rains • High salt tolerance Perennial Peanut Arachis glabrata • Perennial ornamental groundcover • Grows 3 - 6 inches high • Grows best in full sun • Blooms yellow flowers year round • Very drought tolerant • Adapts to wide variety of soils