Nature in the City

SUN- SHRUBS
Common name Botanical name	Native	Shape	Height	Flower/Fruit
Boxthorn Severinia busifolia		Dense and compact form	6 feet	White flowers and blackberries
Camellia Camellia sasanqua		Loose open form	4-15 feet	White to deep red flowers
Cardboard Palm Zamia furfuracea		Clump shaped forming a rosette	2-4 feet	Male/female cones when ripe the female cone breaks to reveal red seeds
Century Plant Agave americana		Clump shaped forming a tall rosette; tal stem shoots up from center	6 feet	Yellow flowers
SUN- SHRUBS
Common name Botanical name	Native	Shape	Height	Flower/Fruit
Chaste Tree Vitex angus-castus		Open small crown	20 feet	Lavender or white flowers and little fruits with 4 stones enclosing pepper-like seeds
Chinese Fringe Flower Loropetalum chinese 'Ruby' Suzanne and Firedance		compact mound with arching branches	5 feet	Inch long white or red clusters of flowers
Cleyera Ternstroemia gymnanthera		Mounding form	8-10 feet	Small, pinkish flowers and orange, oval-shaped berries
Coontie Zamia floridana	X	Fern-like appearance	3 feet	Large reddish brown cones
Dwarf Powderpuff Calliandra haematocephala		Sprawling form	3-7 feet	Red/white flowers and pod-shaped fruits
SUN- SHRUBS
Common name Botanical name	Native	Shape	Height	Flower/Fruit
Dwarf Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria 'nana'	X	Flattened globe	3-4 feet
Florida Anise Illicium floridanum	X	Erect dense with many branches	10 feet	Slender maroon petals and brown, star shaped fruit
Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis		Upright loose form	5 feet	Large variety of color flowers
Indian Hawthorn Raphiolepsis indica		Dwarf rounded form	3-5 feet	Pink and white flowers
Lantana Lantana camara		Trailing, vine-like form	6-8 feet	Red, pink, orange and yellow flowers
Laurestinus Viburnum tinus		Spreading round form	6-10 feet	Tinged white, pinkish flowers and pink berries which ripens to black
Mirrorleaf Viburnum Viburnum odoratissimum		Broadly upright, dense to base with arching branches	12 feet	Small white flowers and red to black berries
SUN- SHRUBS
Common name Botanical name	Native	Shape	Height	Flower/Fruit
Oleander Nerium oleander		Fountain shaped	20x16 feet	White, pink and rose flowers
Plumbago Plumbago auriculata		Sprawling, dense foliage, billowy, twiggy	4 feet	White to sky-blue flowers and small burr-like capsules
Podocarpus Podocarpus macrophyllus		Upright oval form with needle-like foliage	20 feet	Green or purplish globular fruits
Sago Palm Cycas revoluta		Stiff, feather-like leaves growing in a circular pattern	8-10 feet
Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens	X	Sprawling with fan-shaped leaves	6x10 feet
Silverthorn Eleagnus pungens		Sprawling form	8x6 feet
Thryallis Thryallis grancilis		Compact, rounded form	9 feet	Yellow flowers
SHADE- SHRUBS
Common name Botanical name	Native	Shape	Height	Flower/Fruit
Azalea Rhododendron (azalea) 'Formosa', 'GeorgeL. Tabor', 'Mrs. G.G. Gerbing', & 'Southern Charm'		Upright vase-shaped	7 feet	Showy flowers with a wide variety of colors
Beautyberry Callicarpa americana		Loose, open form and outward pointing branches	5 feet	Lilac flowers and berry-like magenta fruits
Camellia Camellia sasanqua		Loose open form	4-15 feet	White to deep red flowers
Cardboard Palm Zamia furfuracea		Clump shaped forming a rosette	2-4 feet	Male/female cones when ripe the female cone breaks to reveal red seeds
Chaste Tree Vitex angus-castus		Open small crown	20 feet	Lavender or white flowers and little fruits with 4 stones enclosing pepper-like seeds
SHADE- SHRUBS
Common name Botanical name	Native	Shape	Height	Flower/Fruit
Chinese Fringe Flower Loropetalum chinese 'Ruby' Suzanne and Firedance		compact mound with arching branches	5 feet	Inch long white or red clusters of flowers
Cleyera Ternstroemia gymnanthera		Mounding form	8-10 feet	Small, pinkish flowers and orange, oval-shaped berries
Coontie Zamia floridana	X	Fern-like appearance	3 feet	Large reddish brown cones
Coralberry Ardisia crenata		Upright growing form	1.5-6 feet	White or pinkish flowers or red berries
Dwarf Palmetto Sabal minor		Fan-shaped leaves	3-6 feet
Dwarf Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria 'nana'	X	Flattened globe	3-4 feet
Florida Anise Illicium floridanum	X	Erect dense with many branches	10 feet	Slender maroon petals and brown, star shaped fruit
SHADE- SHRUBS
Common name Botanical name	Native	Shape	Height	Flower/Fruit
Hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla		Rounded form	4 feet
Kumquat Fortunella japonica		Shrubby, compact form	8-12 feet	White flowers and edible yellow-orange fruits
Lantana Lantana camara		Trailing, vine-like form	6-8 feet	Red, pink, orange and yellow flowers
Laurestinus Viburnum tinus		Spreading round form	6-10 feet	Tinged white, pinkish flowers and pink berries which ripens to black
Mirrorleaf Viburnum Viburnum odoratissimum		Broadly upright, dense to base with arching branches	12 feet	Small white flowers and red to black berries
Podocarpus Podocarpus macrophyllus		Upright oval form with needle-like foliage	20 feet	Green or purplish globular fruits
SHADE- SHRUBS
Common name Botanical name	Native	Shape	Height	Flower/Fruit
Sago Palm Cycas revoluta		Stiff, feather-like leaves growing in a circular pattern	8-10 feet
Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens	X	Sprawling with fan-shaped leaves	6x10 feet
Scarlet Bush Hamelia patens	X	Bushy	12 feet	Red tubular shaped flowers and black berries