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T R E E S
Common Name
Scientific Name
Florida
Hardiness
Range
Soil
Moisture
Range*
Light
Range*
Cypress, pond Taxodium ascendens 8a–11 – 15x75
Dawn redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides 8a – 20x90
Dogwood, flowering Cornus florida 8a–9a – 20–25
Dogwood, Japanese Cornus kousa 8a 20x25
Dragon tree Dracaena draco 10a – 45
Eggfruit, Canistel Pouteria campechiana 10b–11 20
Elm, American Ulmus americana 8a–9b – 50x90
Elm, Chinese Ulmus parvifolia 8a–10a – 35x65
Elm, winged Ulmus alata 8a–9a – 5x40
Fiddlewood Citharexylum spinosum (= C. fruticosum) 9b–11 – 10x35
Fig, edible Ficus carica 8a–10b 12
Firewheel tree Stenocarpus sinuatus 10a–11 – 25x60
Florida soapberry Sapindus marginatus 8a–9b 25x50
Floss-silk tree Chorisia speciosa 10a–11 – 45
Frangipani Plumeria spp. 10b–11 15x25
Fringe tree Chionanthus virginicus 8a–9a – 10x25
or granny graybeard
Geiger tree Cordia sebestena 10b–11 – 15x25
Golden shower Cassia fistula 10a–11 25x50
Grapefruit Citrus x paradisi 9a–11 20
Gumbo limbo Bursera simaruba 10a–11 – 35x60
Hercules’-club Zanthoxylum clava-herculis 8a–10b – 15x45
or toothache tree
Hickory, mockernut Carya alba (= C. tomentosa) 8a–9b – 35x60
Hickory, pignut Carya glabra 8a–9a – 25x75
Hickory, scrub Carya floridana 9a–10a 25
Holly, American Ilex opaca 8a–9b – 15x45
Holly, Carolina or sand Ilex ambigua 8a–9b – 15
Holly, dahoon Ilex cassine 8a–10b – 10x50
Holly, East Palatka Ilex x attenuata ‘East Palatka’ 8a–9b – 10x30
Holly, myrtle-leaved Ilex myrtifolia 8a–9a – 10x25
Holly, weeping yaupon Ilex vomitoria ‘Pendula’ 8a–10b – 20x8
Holly, yaupon Ilex vomitoria 8a–9b – 15x20
Hong Kong orchid tree Bauhinia x blakeana 9b–11 – 15x40
Hop hornbeam Ostrya virginiana 8a–9a – 40
Mature
Size
(feet)**
SOIL MOISTURE Dry Moist Wet LIGHT Full Sun Partial Sun Shade
24
Growth
Rate