Plant Selection & Landscape Design - Southwest Florida Water ...
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LARGE SHRUBS<br />
Rhododendron cvs.<br />
Azalea<br />
N C 8-10 Var. N C S 8-11 Yes N C S 8-11 No<br />
S 10a-11 No<br />
Slow 3-12 3-10 Slow 4-9 4-8 Fast 6-12 6-12 6-10 6-8<br />
Any<br />
Any<br />
Any<br />
S/L<br />
Medium<br />
Sabal minor<br />
Dwarf Palmetto,<br />
Blue-stem Palmetto<br />
High<br />
Senna bicapsularis<br />
Christmas Senna,<br />
Butterfly Bush<br />
Medium<br />
Senna polyphylla<br />
Desert Cassia<br />
Medium<br />
L-N<br />
M<br />
L-N<br />
H<br />
choose species based on site<br />
conditions; flowers vary<br />
blueish green, fan shaped leaves;<br />
small, white flowers; black<br />
berries provide food for wildlife<br />
in fall; difficult to transplant;<br />
good understory plant; prefers<br />
moist soils but tolerates drier conditions<br />
after establishment<br />
susceptible to freeze damage<br />
and pests; susceptible to caterpillar<br />
damage; larval food plant<br />
for various sulphur butterflies;<br />
should not be confused with<br />
Senna pendula<br />
yellow, summer flowers; should<br />
not be confused with Senna<br />
pendula<br />
Severinia buxifolia<br />
Boxthorn<br />
Strelitzia nicolai<br />
Giant Bird of Paradise,<br />
White Bird of Paradise<br />
Suriana maritima<br />
Bay Cedar<br />
Tabernaemontana divaricata<br />
Crape Jasmine,<br />
Pinwheel Flower<br />
N C S 8b-10 Yes C S 9-11 No<br />
S 10b-11 Yes C S 9b-11 No<br />
Slow 5-12 3-6 Fast 20-30 15-20 5-20 5-8 Fast 6-10 3-6<br />
Any<br />
Any<br />
S/L<br />
Any<br />
High<br />
Low<br />
High<br />
Low<br />
L-N<br />
L-N<br />
H<br />
L-N<br />
dense, low-branching, compact,<br />
evergreen; small, oval, glossy,<br />
dark green leaves; slender,<br />
thorny branches; small, fragrant,<br />
white, spring through<br />
summer flowers; susceptible to<br />
freeze damage<br />
large, banana-like leaves,<br />
blue/white, year-round flowers;<br />
susceptible to scales when air<br />
circulation is inadequate;<br />
foliage may tear in the wind<br />
evergreen, tiny, gray/green<br />
leaves; yellow, year-round<br />
flowers; commonly found<br />
growing in thickets, on sand<br />
dunes, and rocky shores<br />
evergreen, white, ruffle-edged,<br />
summer flowers that are<br />
fragrant at night; susceptible to<br />
pests and diseases<br />
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