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LARGE SHRUBS<br />

Musa spp.<br />

Banana<br />

C S 9b-11 No C S 9b-11 Yes N C S 8-10 Yes N C S 9-11 No<br />

Fast 7-30 10-15<br />

Any<br />

6-30 15-20<br />

Any<br />

Fast 10-40 20-25<br />

Any<br />

Fast 4-18 3-15<br />

Any<br />

Low<br />

Myrcianthes fragrans<br />

Simpson’s Stopper,<br />

Twinberry<br />

High<br />

Myrica cerifera and cvs.<br />

Wax Myrtle<br />

Medium<br />

Nerium oleander<br />

Oleander<br />

High<br />

L-N<br />

H<br />

H<br />

M<br />

edible fruit; showy purple or<br />

orange flowers; needs regular<br />

watering; susceptible to disease,<br />

pests, and frost<br />

edible fruit; white, fragrant,<br />

year-round flowers; red<br />

berries provide food for<br />

wildlife; tolerates occasionally<br />

wet soil; needs little attention<br />

once established<br />

flammable, in wildfire prone<br />

areas, plant minimum 30' from<br />

buildings; susceptible to disease;<br />

good hedge plant; provides food<br />

and cover for wildlife; medium<br />

to low wind resistance, can<br />

sucker to produce a thicket<br />

good, low maintenance plant<br />

for coastal areas; susceptible to<br />

oleander caterpillar; poisonous<br />

Osmanthus americanus<br />

Wild Olive,<br />

Devilwood<br />

N<br />

Osmanthus fragrans<br />

Tea Olive, Fragrant Olive,<br />

Sweet Osmanthus<br />

Philadelphus inodorus<br />

English Dogwood<br />

Philodendron bipinnatifidum<br />

Selloum<br />

Tree Philodendron<br />

C 8b-9 Yes N C 8b-9 No N C 8-9a Yes N C S 8b-11 No<br />

15-25 10-15 Slow 15-30 15-20 Fast 10-12 6-10 Fast 6-12 10-15<br />

Any<br />

Any<br />

Any<br />

Any<br />

Medium<br />

Medium<br />

High<br />

Medium<br />

H<br />

L-N<br />

U<br />

L-N<br />

white, fragrant, spring flowers;<br />

provides food for wildlife<br />

white, fragrant, fall through<br />

spring flowers; susceptible to<br />

pests<br />

deciduous; white, spring flowers<br />

large, deeply divided,<br />

drooping leaves; green,<br />

year-round flowers; susceptible<br />

to freeze damage; tolerates<br />

occasionally wet soil<br />

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