Town of Ponce Inlet
Approved Plant List
SHRUBS
PLANT NAME
Firebush, Hamelia patens
Marlberry, Ardisia escallonioides
Southern Wax Myrtle, Myrica cerifera
Spanish Bayonet, Yucca aloifolia
Coral Bean, Erythring Herbacea
Florida Privet, Forestiera Segreta
Rusty Lyonia, Lyonia Ferruginea
Simpson’s Stopper (Twinberry), Myrcianthes
Frangrans
Beauty Berry, Callicarpa Americana
SALT
DROUGHT
NATIVE TOLERANCE TOLERANCE HEIGHT
Y
Moderate
High
10 feet
Y
High
Moderate
20 feet
Y
High
High
20-30
feet
Y
High
20-25
feet
Y
Moderate
High
3 feet
Y
High
High
10 feet
Y
Low
High
20 feet
Y
Y
Moderate
High
High
High
20 feet
4-6 feet
Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias Tuberosa
Y
Low
High
2 feet
Crepe Myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica
Indian Hawthorn, Raphiolepis indica
Pittosporum
Hibiscus
N
N
N
N
Slightly
High
Moderate
High
Low
Low
20 feet
3-4 feet
15 feet
Varies
FLOWERS
Red (black fruit)
White (black fruit)
(gray fruit)
White
Red
White to pink
White
Pink (Purple
berries)
Yellow-Orange
Red-Orange
Varies
White or Pink
White
Varies
TREES
PLANT NAME
Devil’s Walking Stick,
Aralia Spinosa
Sand-Live Oak, Quercus germinate
Sea-Grape, coccoloba uvifera
Southern Red-Cedar, Juniperus silicicola
Southern Wax Myrtle,
Myrica cerifera
Yaupon Holly, Ilex vomitoria
American Holly, Ilex opaca
Dahoon Holly, Ilex cassine
Live Oak, Quercus virginiana
Sand Pine, Pinus clausa
Slash Pine, Pinus elliottii
Southern Magnolia,
Magnolia grandiflora
Red Bay, Persea borbonia
Sycamore, Platanus occidentalis
East Palatka Holly, Ilex Allenata c.v. “Palatka”
Hercules Club (Prickly Ash),
Zanthoxylum Clava-herculis
Sweet Bay, Magnolia Virginia
SALT
DROUGHT
NATIVE TOLERANCE HEIGHT TOLERANCE
Y
15 feet
High
FLOWERS
White (black
fruit)
Blue
Y
Y
Y
High
High
High
30 feet
15-25 feet
25 feet
High
High
High
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
High
High
High
Moderate
High
High
High
20-30 feet
25 feet
30-50 feet
40 feet
70 feet
70 feet
100 feet
High
High
High
Moderate
High
High
(Gray fruit)
Red
Red
Red
Y
Y
Y
Y
Moderate
High
Moderate
Moderate
100 feet
70 feet
40 feet
40-50 feet
Moderate
Moderate
Low
Moderate
White
(Black fruit)
Y
Y
Moderate
Low/Moderate
15-20 feet
25-40 feet
High
Low
Yellow
PALMS
NATIVE
Y
SALT
TOLERANCE
High
HEIGHT
90 feet
DROUGHT
TOLERANCE
High
Y
Moderate
6 feet
Low
Saw Cabbage Palm, Paurotis Palm, Silver Saw Palm,
Everglades Palm, Acoelorrhaple wrightii
Y
Moderate
Moderate
Saw Palmetto, serenoa repens
Washingtonia Palm, Washingtonia spp.
Windmill Palm, Trachycarpus fortunei
Y
N
N
High
High
Moderate
15-25
feet
3-25 feet
100 feet
20-40
feet
Canary Island Date Palm, Pineapple Palm,
Phoenix canariensis
Robellini Palm, Phoenix roebelenii
N
N
Moderate
Low
30 feet
6-12 feet
High
Moderate
PLANT NAME
Cabbage Palm, Sabal palmetto
Needle Palm, Rhapidophyllum hystrix
High
High
High
GROUNDCOVERS/GRASSES/FLOWERS
PLANT NAME
Gopher Apple, Licania michauxii
Golden Creeper, Emodea littoralis
Dwarf Yaupon Holly, Ilex vomitoria
Beach Elder, Iva imbricata
Dwarf Lantana, Lantana depressa
Lippia, Matchweed, Lippia
(Phyla)nodiflora
Sea Oats, Uniola paniculata
Coontie, Zamia pumila (Z. floridana)
Pink Muhly Grass, Distichlis Spicata
Ponceae
Adam’s-needle (Beargrass), Yucca
smalliana
Blanket Flower (Firewheel), Gailardia
pulchea
Spider Lily, Hymenocallis Latifolia
Spiderwort, Tradescantia Ohiensis
Prickly Pear Cactus, Opuntia Spp.
Confederate Jasmine, Trachelospermum
jasminoides
Tropical Sage, Salvia coccinea
Parsons Juniper, Juniperus chinensis
“Parsonii”
Shore Juniper, Juniperus conferta
NATIVE
SALT
TOLERANCE
DROUGHT
TOLERANCE HEIGHT
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Moderate
High
High
High
Moderate
High
High
High
High
High
3-12 inches
12-36 inches
1-3 feet
1-3 feet
8 inches
Y
Y
Y
High
High
High
High
High
High
3 inches
3-6 feet
12-36 inches
Y
High
High
3-4 feet
Y
High
High
4 feet
FLOWERS
White/pink
Yellow
Red, purple
and white
High
High
Moderate
High
High
1-3 feet
2-3 feet
30 inches
2-20 feet
Red &
Yellow Rose
White
Blue
Various
N
Y
High
Moderate
Moderate
High
Varies
4 feet
White
Red
N
N
High
High
High
High
1-3 inches
12-18 inches
Y
Y
Y
Y
High
High
VINES
PLANT NAME
Railroad Vine, Ipomoca pes-caprae
Beach Sunflower, Helianthus debilis
Coral Honeysuckle (Trumpet
Honeysuckle), Lonicera Sempervirens
Passion Flower (Maypop, Apricot Vine),
Passiflora incarnate
Beach Morning Glory,
Ipomoea imperati
Carolina Yellow Jasmine, Gelsemium
sempervirens
Yellow Star Jessamine, trachelospermum
asiaticum
Bougainvillea, Bougainvillea spp.
NATIVE
Y
Y
SALT
TOLERANCE
High
High
DROUGHT
TOLERANCE HEIGHT/SPREAD
High
4 inches/100 feet
High
1-2 feet/6 sq. feet
Y
Moderate
High
5 feet/40 feet
Coral-red
Y
Moderate
High
5 feet/12 feet
Y
High
High
6 inches
Purple
White,
Yellow
Y
Low
High
5 feet/40 feet
Yellow
N
N
High
High
Moderate
High
Varies
Yellow
Pink
FLOWERS
Pinkish
Yellow
Please note: The information above is to be used as a guide. Due to our location on a barrier island, it
is especially important to consider salt tolerance when choosing plants and their placement. Some
plants may do well in one part of town but may not do well in another, depending on how protected they
are from wind and salt.