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S H R U B S
Common Name
Scientific Name
Camellia, sasanqua Camellia sasanqua 8a–9b – 15
Caper, Jamaican Capparis cynophallophora 10b–11 – 9
Caricature plant Graptophyllum pictum 10b–11 5
Carolina silverbell Halesia carolina 8a–9b 25
Cassia, Bahama Senna mexicana var. chapmanii 10a – 8
Century plant or maguey Agave americana 9a–11 6+
Chaste-tree Vitex agnus-castus 8a–10b 12
Chenille plant or red-hot cattail Acalypha hispida 9b–11 10
Christmas berry Lycium carolinianum 8a–11 7
Cleyera Ternstroemia gymnanthera 10a–11 15
Cocoplum Chrysobalanus icaco 10b–11 20
Confederate-rose Hibiscus mutabilis 8a–10a – 5–15
Coontie Zamia floridana (Z. pumila) 8b–11 – 2
Copperleaf Acalypha wilkesiana 10b–11 8
Coral bean or Cherokee bean Erythrina herbacea 8a–11 – 15
Crape jasmine Tabernaemontana divaricata 10b–11 7
Croton Codiaeum variegatum 10a–11 8
Dracaena Dracaena spp. 9a–11 – 2–15 –
Elderberry Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis 8a–11 15
Fetterbush or Leucothoe racemosa 8a–9b 6
swamp doghobble
Fiddlewood Citharexylum spinosum (= C. fruticosum) 10b–11 – 25
Firebush Hamelia patens 8a–11 3–10
Firecracker plant Russelia equisetiformis 9a–11 – 4
Firespike Odontonema cuspidata 8b–11 6
Firethorn, red Pyracantha coccinea 8a–10a 10–15
Florida boxwood Schaefferia frutescens 10b–11 25
Gallberry Ilex glabra 8a–10a 8
Gama grass, Eastern, or Tripsacum dactyloides 8a–11 – 8
Fakahatchee grass
Gama grass, Florida, or Tripsacum floridanum 10a–11 – 6
dwarf Fakahatchee grass
Garberia Garberia heterophylla 9a–10a 6
Gardenia, Cape jasmine Gardenia augusta 8a–10a 6
Glorybush or tibouchina Tibouchina spp. 8b–10b 10
or princess flower
Glossy abelia Abelia x grandiflora 8a–9b 6
(A. chinensis x A. uniflora)
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