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PERENNIALS Scientific Common Reg/Native G, H, S Soil pH, Txt Soil Mst, Drgt Light/Best Salt Justicia spicigera Orange Plum Fast S 10b-11 No N C S 8-10 No S 10-11 No C S 9-11 Yes 5 3-5 Fast 2 1-4 Slow 1 /2-1 1 /2-1 Fast 2-5 1-5 Any C/L S/L S/L Low L-N Kaempferia spp. Peacock Ginger Medium L-N Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Kalanchoe, Madagascar Widow’s Thrill High M Lantana involucrata Wild Sage, Buttonsage Medium H Wildlife orange; summer flowers intricate foliage patterns in colors of burgundy and bronze; small, four-petaled, violet to purple flowers succulent; dark green with scallop edged leaves; pink/ red/yellow, winter through spring flowers white, year-round flowers Scientific Common Reg/Native G, H, S Soil pH, Txt Soil Mst, Drgt Light/Best Salt Leonotis leonurus Lion’s Ear Fast 4-5 2-3 3 1 / 2-1 1 / 2-1 1-2 1 1 / 2 1 Any Any Any Any High H Liatris spp. Blazing Star Medium L-N Liriope muscari and cvs. Liriope, Monkey Grass, Lily Turf, Border Grass Medium M Lycoris spp. Hurricane Lily C S 9-11 No N C S 8-10b Var. N C 8-9 No N C 8-9 No Medium L-N Wildlife orange/red, summer through winter flowers lavender/pink/white, summer through fall flowers purple, summer flowers; forms a solid groundcover in a few years; variegated cultivar is damaged by frost; susceptible to pests flower after heavy summer rains; yellow/red/pink, early fall flowers 90
PERENNIALS Musa spp. Banana Neomarica gracilis Walking Iris Odontonema strictum Firespike Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon Fern C S 9b-11 No N C S 8b-11 No N C S 8b-11 No N C S 8-10 Yes Fast 7-30 10-15 Any Low 2-3 2-3 Any Low 2-6 2-3 S/L Medium Slow 2-5 3-4 C/L Low L-N L-N L-N L-N edible fruit; showy purple or orange flowers; needs regular watering; susceptible to disease, pests, and frost clumping herbaceous perennial; white/blue, spring through fall flowers herbaceous perennial; red, fall through winter flowers deciduous, shrub-like fern; good plant for retention ponds, swales and canal banks Osmunda regalis Royal Fern Pachystachys lutea Golden Shrimp <strong>Plant</strong> Pentas lanceolata Pentas, Starflower Philodendron spp. and cvs. Philodendron N C S 8-10 Yes C S 9b-11 No N C S 8b-11 No C S 8b-11 No 6-7 6-7 2-3 2-3 Fast 2-4 2-3 Fast 1-12 2-15 Loam Any Any Any Low Low Medium Medium L-N L-N M L-N requires night temperature of 45° F to stay green; susceptible to pests; may be less attractive during winter dormancy yellow, spring through fall flowers many cultivars; red/pink/white/lilac, summer flowers; susceptible to freeze damage select species based on site conditions; check with your local Extension office before final species selection 91
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LARGE TREES Fraxinus americana Whit
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LARGE TREES Pinus elliottii var. el
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LARGE TREES Taxodium spp. Pond Cypr
Page 41 and 42: MEDIUM TREES Coccoloba diversifolia
Page 43 and 44: MEDIUM TREES Persea palustris Swamp
Page 45 and 46: SMALL TREES Callistemon spp. Bottle
Page 47 and 48: SMALL TREES Dodonaea viscosa Hopbus
Page 49 and 50: SMALL TREES Myrcianthes fragrans Si
Page 51 and 52: SMALL TREES Tabebuia aurea Silver T
Page 53 and 54: LARGE SHRUBS Aloysia virgata Sweet
Page 55 and 56: LARGE SHRUBS Camellia japonica Came
Page 57 and 58: LARGE SHRUBS Cyrilla racemiflora Ti
Page 59 and 60: LARGE SHRUBS Ilex X‘Mary Nell’
Page 61 and 62: LARGE SHRUBS Musa spp. Banana C S 9
Page 63 and 64: LARGE SHRUBS Rhododendron cvs. Azal
Page 65 and 66: LARGE SHRUBS Viburnum odoratissimum
Page 67 and 68: SMALL SHRUBS Ixora coccinea Ixora C
Page 69 and 70: VINES Allamanda cathartica Yellow A
Page 71 and 72: VINES Pandorea jasminoides Bower Vi
Page 73 and 74: GROUNDCOVERS Ernodea littoralis Gol
Page 75 and 76: GROUNDCOVERS Scaevola plumieri Inkb
Page 77 and 78: GRASSES Muhlenbergia capillaris Muh
Page 79 and 80: Chamaedorea spp. Chamaedorea, Bambo
Page 81 and 82: Rhapis humilis Slender Lady Palm C
Page 83 and 84: FERNS Acrostichum danaeifolium Leat
Page 85 and 86: PERENNIALS Acalypha reptans Dwarf C
Page 87 and 88: PERENNIALS Bromeliaceae genera Brom
Page 89 and 90: PERENNIALS Dryopteris spp. Autumn F
Page 91: PERENNIALS Hemerocallis spp. Daylil
Page 95 and 96: PERENNIALS Solenostemon scuttellari
Page 97 and 98: ANNUALS Ageratum spp. Ageratum N 1
Page 99 and 100: ANNUALS Pachystachys lutea Golden S
Page 101 and 102: LEGEND FOR TURFGRASS MOWING HT: Mow
Page 103 and 104: COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME PAGE PL
Page 113 and 114: Capparis cynophallophora, Carissa m
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