Plant Profile: American Olive (Cartrema americana aka Osmanthus americanus)
Karen Also known as wild olive and devilwood, this evergreen shrub or small tree is native to the coastal forests along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico from Virginia…
Plant Profile: Ox-Eye Daisey (Borrichia frutescens)
Also known as sea oxeye, bushy seaside tansy, and sea-marigold, this semi-evergreen shrub is native to North America where it grows in wetlands and on beaches of the Atlantic and…
Plant Profile: Marsh Elder (Iva frutescens)
Also known as Jesuit’s bark and high-tide bush, this deciduous shrub is native to coastal areas of North America from Nova Scotia to Florida and along the Gulf Coast to…
Plant Profile: French Lavender( Lavandula stoechas)
Also known as Spanish lavender, butterfly lavender, and topped lavender, this evergreen shrub is native to areas in the Mediterranean including Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece. It is a…
Plant Profile: Beach Plum (Prunus maritima)
Growing to 3-8′ tall, beach plum is a deciduous suckering shrub or small tree native to Northeastern US from Maine south to Maryland where it grows in sand dunes. It…
Plant Profile: White Sage (Salvia apiana)
Also known as bee sage, and sacred sage, this evergreen perennial is native to southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, and is especially associated with the coastal sage scrub and…
Plant Profile: Sea Grape (Coccoloba uvifera)
Also known as baygrape, this evergreen shrub or tree is native to tropical coastal beaches of America including southern Florida where it grows in coastal strands and limestone thickets. It…
Plant Profile: Rose Acacia (Robinia hispida)
Also known as bristly acacia, this flowering deciduous shrub is native to eastern and central US and is a member of the pea family, Fabaceae, that also includes mimosa, lupine,…
Plant Profile: Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
This deciduous shrub is known by several names including blue huckleberry and swamp huckleberry and is a member of the heath family, Ericaceae, that also includes heather, cranberries, and azaleas.…
Plant Profile: Feathery Cassia (Senna artemisioides aka Cassia artemisiodes)
Endemic to Australia, this compact evergreen shrub is also known as silver senna, wormwood senna and silver cassia. It is in the pea family, Fabaceae that also includes beans, lupine…