Plant Selection & Landscape Design - Southwest Florida Water ...
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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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