Plant Profile: Sugar Bush (Rhus ovata)
Karen Also known as sugar sumac, this evergreen shrub or small tree is native to chaparral in dry canyons and slopes in Southern California, Arizona and Baja California and is a…
Plant Profile: California Wax Myrtle (Myrica californica aka Morella californica)
Also known as Pacific wax myrtle or California bayberry, this evergreen shrub or small tree is native to the West coast from Los Angeles to British Columbia where it grows…
Plant Profile: Bay Cedar (Suriana maritima)
Native to tropical coasts in most regions of the world including southern Florida, this evergreen shrub is a member of a small plant family, Surianaceae, that consists of only 8…
Plant Profile: Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine)
This evergreen large shrub or small tree is native to swamps and bogs of the southeastern coast of the US from Virginia to southeast Texas, south to Veracruz, Mexico, and…
Plant Profile: Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus)
Native to shrubland and wooded rocky slopes of the Mediterranean area of Europe and northern Africa, this evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the moschatel family, Adoxaceae,…
Plant Profile: American Olive (Cartrema americana aka Osmanthus americanus)
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…