General Landscape Uses:
Specimen plant or shrub beds.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries in northern Florida.
Description: Evergreen shrub 2-9 feet tall with stiff, erect branches and terminal buds. Leaves 1-3 inches long. Pink flowers 0.5-1.5 inches wide in showy clusters.
Dimensions: Typically 2-9 feet in height.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Endemic to the Florida Panhandle and Clay county.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Wet, mesic, or dry scrubby flatwoods, borders of bay swamps, pine plantations.
Soils: Wet to dry, well-drained to poorly drained sandy soils, without humus.
Nutritional Requirements: Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance: Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance: Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements: Light shade.
Flower Color: Pink.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Flowering Season: Mid March to mid April.
Fruit: Brown capsule.
References: Chafin (
2000)
Comments: We have been adding data for this species for central and northern Florida and welcome any feedback or review. If you would like to contribute information or images, please contact George Gann via the IRC staff page.
