ID List #1 UF/IFAS – Franklin/Wakulla Counties Century Plant Agavaceae Agave americana

http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants /ornamentals/agaves.html Century Plant Agavaceae Agave americana

http://arizonaoddities.com/2014/06/how- often-does-a-century-plant-bloom/ Century Plant Agavaceae Agave americana • Plant type: shrub • Highlight: high drought • Light: sun-partial tolerance, wide soil • Size: small-medium types • Life Span: perennial • Problem: sharp points, monocarpic • Native: North America

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp020 Beautyberry Lamiaceae Callicarpa americana Beautyberry Lamiaceae Callicarpa americana Beautyberry Lamiaceae Callicarpa americana Beautyberry Lamiaceae Callicarpa americana Beautyberry Lamiaceae Callicarpa americana • Plant type: shrub • Features: The fruit (purple • Light: sun to part sun or white) encircles stem. • Size: medium Good pollinator plant. Edible fruits used for jelly. • Life span: perennial • Problems: No significant • Native: Florida problems. http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/GardenPubsAZ/Beautyberry.pdf and https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp090 Crape Myrtle Lythraceae Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle Lythraceae Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle Lythraceae Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle Lythraceae Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle Lythraceae Lagerstroemia indica • Plant type: tree • Features: . Pollinator plant. Some • Light: sun have colorful bark which • Size: small - medium peels off in early summer. Drought and salt tolerant. • Life span: perennial • Problems: Powdery • Native: India mildew, suckers from roots, Crape Myrtle aphids http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg266 and followed by sooty mold. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/st342 Pruning. Firebush Rubiaceae Hamelia patens Firebush Rubiaceae Hamelia patens

Hamelia patens var. glabra – Non-native Firebush Rubiaceae Hamelia patens Firebush Rubiaceae Hamelia patens Firebush Rubiaceae Hamelia patens

• Plant type: shrub • Features: flowers, attracts • Light: sun pollinators. Fast growing. • Size: medium Drought tolerant and • Life span: perennial moderate aerosol salt tolerance. Edible fruit. • Native and exotic • Problems: aphids on new growth http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp237 http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/GardenPubsAZ/Firebush_Hamelia_patens.pdf Lilyturf or Lilyturf Asparagaceae or Liliaceae Lilyturf Asparagaceae or Liriope muscari Liliaceae Lilyturf Asparagaceae or Liriope muscari Liliaceae • Features: Lavender flowers. • Plant type: Moderately tolerant of • Light: sun - shade drought and aerosol salt spray. Grows well under • Size: small trees and around shrubs. • Life span: perennial • Problems: Will not tolerate foot traffic. Berries are toxic • Native: Asia if ingested. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp349 • Creeping Lilyturf, is http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp348 considered a high invasion risk in FL. https://assessment.ifas.ufl.edu/assessments /liriope-spicata Florida Coontie Zamiaceae Zamia floridana

Male cones (strobilus) of coontie are thinner and shorter than female cones. Female (megasporangiate) cone of coontie, upon maturity, the cone falls apart, revealing individual covered with fleshy orange skin. Florida Coontie Zamiaceae Zamia floridana

• Male or Female? Florida Coontie Zamiaceae Zamia floridana

• Plant type: shrub • Highlights: high drought and soil salt tolerance, • Light: partial - sun good form • Size: small • Problems: sooty mold, • Life span: perennial mealy bugs, Florida red scale and Atala • Native: Florida’s only caterpillar native cycad

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp617 Indian Hawthorn Rosaceae Raphiolepis indica Indian Hawthorn Rosaceae Raphiolepis indica Indian Hawthorn Rosaceae Raphiolepis indica • Plant type: shrub • Highlights: spring flowers • Light: full white/pink, small purplish • black berries, high soil salt Size: medium tolerance • Life span: perennial • Problems: over used, needs • Native: Southern China air circulation and sun to prevent leaf spot diseases and leaf drop

http://hort.ufl.edu/shrubs/RAPINDA.PDF Pittosporum Pittosporaceae Pittosporum tobira

https://davisla.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/pittosporum-tobira-istanbul.jpg Pittosporum Pittosporaceae Pittosporum tobira

Pittosporum tobira ‘Variegata’

http://www.gammvert.fr/2-1212- plantes-dexterieur/2-1232-plantes- mediterraneennes/3-452-arbustes- mediterraneens/p-26422-pittosporum- tobira-odorant Pittosporum Pittosporaceae Pittosporum tobira • Plant type: shrub • Highlights: high drought • Light: sun - partial tolerance, spring fragrant • Size: medium bloom • • Life span: perennial Problems: requires pruning for shape, cottony cushion • Native: Japan and China scale, aphids, leaf spot, root rot, micronutrient http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp483 deficiencies with a high pH /Swamp Lily Crinum americanum Crinum/Swamp Lily Amaryllidaceae Crinum americanum Crinum/Swamp Lily Amaryllidaceae Crinum americanum

• Plant type: shrub - • Highlight: fragrant spring groundcover flowers, many foliage/ colors, • Light: partial good soil salt tolerance, • Size: small - medium few serious pest • Life span: perennial • Problem: poisonous, • Native: Florida grasshoppers (eastern lubbers) rust http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp154 Loquat Rosaceae Eriobotrya japonica

Credit: Ian Maguire, UF/IFAS

https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/database/documents/pdf/tree_fact_sheets/ERIJAPA.pdf Loquat Rosaceae Eriobotrya japonica Loquat Rosaceae Eriobotrya japonica

• Plant type: tree • Highlight: Evergreen, fragrant late fall bloom, • Light: full sun-part edible fruit in spring. shade • Problem: Leaf litter can • Size: medium be a problem, can be • Life span: perennial susceptible to scales, • Native: China caterpillars, and fireblight. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/MG050 https://floridata.com/plant/40