aquatic full sun/partial sun effective at utilizing•horsetail or scouring rush •equisetum...
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• Pickerel Weed
• Pontederia cordata
• Aquatic
• Full Sun/Partial sun
• Effective at utilizing phosphates and nitrates from water
• Plant in 2-24” of water
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• Arrowhead
• Sagittaria lancifolia
• Aquatic
• Full Sun/Partial Sun
• Effective at utilizing phosphates and nitrates from water
• Plant in 3-12” water
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• Horsetail or Scouring Rush
• Equisetum hyemale
• Ancient plant-360 million years old!
• Related to ferns
• Thrives on nitrates
• Prefers moist sandy soil
• Full to partial sun
• Stems and roots food for wildlife
• Commercially harvested in Mexico for polishing fine furniture
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• Blue Flag Iris
• Iris virginica
• Plant in margins of wet areas
• Foliage very similar to cattails
• Shade tolerant-but flowers more in full sun
• Tolerates flooding
• “Herald of spring”
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• Cardinal Flower
• Lobelia cardinalis
• Perennial
• Sun/shade
• Requires moist soil/not drought tolerant
• Clumping growth habit
• Bright red flowers attract birds/butterflies
• Pollinated by ruby throated hummingbird!
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• Spikerush
• Eleocharis cellulosa
• Plant on shallow margins of pond
• Food source for waterfowl
• Excellent for outcompeting torpedo grass
• Use in combination with Pickerel Weed and Arrowhead
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• Bulrush
• Scirpus validus
• Tall plant up to 7’
• Plant in 2-12”
• Full sun
• Seeds feed wildlife
• Spreads quickly when properly sited
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• Swamp Lily
• Crinum americanum
• Plant on wet edges, cypress swamps
• Tolerant of most lighting
• Blooms even in deep shade
• Freezes back in winter, but returns
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• White Fragrant Water Lily
• Nymphea odorata
• Plant 12-24”, but known to grow in water to 6’ depth
• Prefers full sun
• Fantastic wildlife habitat
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• Yellow Canna
• Canna flaccida
• Most forgiving plant
• Prefers wet soils, but will grow in dry areas
• Full sun
• Flowers attract butterflies
• Leaves play host to skipper butterfly caterpillars
• Will freeze back to roots, but return
• Prune spent stalks to encourage new blooms
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• Yellow Water Lily
• Nymphea mexicana
• Sun to partial shade
• Plant in 12-24” water
• Can be aggressive in small shallow ponds
• Fantastic wildlife habitat
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• Blanket Flower
• Gaillardia pulchella
• Tolerates poor soil
• Full to partial sun
• Drought resistant
• Salt tolerant
• Self seeding
• Attracts butterflies
• Flowers year round
• ‘Dead Heading’ will increase blooming
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• Golden Tickseed
• Coreopsis tinctora
• Annual
• Prefers sandy well drained soils, but tolerant of others
• Sun to partial shade
• Tolerates moist soils
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• Lanceleaf tickseed
• Coreopsis lanceolata
• Perennial
• Full sun
• Tolerates poor soil
• Well drained soil
• Drought tolerant
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• Dune Sunflower
• Helianthus debilis
• Perennial
• Full Sun
• Drought tolerant
• Salt tolerant
• Poor soil tolerant, prefers sandy soils
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• Seaside Goldenrod
• Solidago sempervirens
• Full sun
• Salt tolerant
• Tolerates poor soil
• Tall yellow flower spikes
• Blooms late summer/fall
• Attracts butterflies
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• Blue Eyed Grass
• Sisyrinchium angustifolium
• Perennial
• Sun to partial shade
• Wet /dry tolerant
• Low growing
• Survives mowing
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• Muhly Grass
• Muhlenbergia capillaris
• Perennial clumping grass
• Sun to partial shade
• Drought tolerant
• Salt tolerant
• Poor/alkaline soil tolerant
• Flamboyant pink flower spikes
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• Dwarf Fakahatchee Grass
• Tripsacum floridanum
• Perennial
• Slightly over 2’
• Full sun
• Drought tolerant
• Drought/wet tolerant
• Provides good wildlife habitat
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• Sand Cordgrass
• Spartina bakeri
• Full sun
• Salt tolerant
• Poor soil tolerant
• Drought/wet tolerant
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• Beautyberry
• Callicarpa americana
• Perennial
• Partial shade to sun
• Drought tolerant tolerates poor soil
• Birds feed on berries
• Does not require fertilizer
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• Coontie Palm
• Zamia pumila
• Fern like evergreen
• Drought tolerant
• Tolerates full sun to shade
• Tolerates poor soil
• Salt tolerant
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• Swamp Hibiscus/Scarlet Rosemallow
• Hibiscus coccineus
• Wet tolerant
• Rapid growth
• Full to partial sun
• Large red flowers
• Dies back in winter