NATIVE PLANT CHOICES1
Evergreen Trees Over 15 Feet Tall
Species
Buckwheat (Cliftonia monophylla)
Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria)
Florida Anise (Illicium floridanum)
Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera)
Wild Olive (Osmanthus americanus)
Redbay (Persea palustris)
Sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria)
Height
30 feet
20-25 feet
15-25 feet
15-20 feet
15-25 feet
15-40 feet
15-35 feet
Spacing
30 feet
20 feet
10-20 feet
20 feet
30 feet
30 feet
20 feet
Sun/Shade
All
All
Shade/am/pm
Am/pm/sun
Am/pm/sun
Pm/sun
All
Soil
Acid, sand
Acid
Acid, rich
Acid, neutral
Acid
Acid, sand
Very acid
Drainage
Moist to wet
Wet, moist, dry
Moist to wet
Wet to dry
Dry to moist
Moist to dry
Moist to dry
Spacing
25 feet
wide/high
15 feet
10 feet
25 feet
30 feet
20 feet
20-30 feet
20 feet
30 feet
30 feet
15 feet
30-40 feet
20 feet
50 feet
20 feet
10-15 feet
Sun/Shade
Am/pm
All
Am/pm/sun
All
Shade/am/pm
Pm/sun
Am/pm/sun
All
All
All
Am/pm/sun
Shade/am/pm
Shade/am/pm
Pm/sun
Shade/am/pm
Pm/sun
Pm/sun
Pm/sun
All
Soil
Acid, rich
Acid
Acid, rich
Acid, rich
Acid, rich
Acid
Very acid, rich
Acid to neutral
Acid, rich
Very acid
Acid/alkaline
Acid, rich
Acid, rich
Any
Acid, rich
Very acid, rich
Acid, sandy
Acid
Acid to alkaline
Drainage
Moist
Moist to dry
Moist
Moist
Moist to wet
Moist to dry
Moist to dry
Moist to dry
Moist
Wet to moist
Dry
Moist
Moist
Dry, moist, wet
Moist
Moist to dry
Dry
Dry
Dry to moist
Flowering and Fruit Trees Over 15 Feet Tall
Species
Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea)
Devil’s walkingstick (Aralia spinosa)
Dwarf Pawpaw (Asimina parviflora)
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii)
Swamp Cyrilla (Cyrilla racemiflora)
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Two-Winged Silverbell (Halesia diptera)
Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Possumhas (Ilex deciduas)
Bigleaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrofolia)
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Winged Sumac (Rhus copallina)
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Fall Huckleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)
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Height
15-25 feet
15-25 feet
15-20 feet
5-10 feet
20-30 feet
20-35 feet
20-30 feet
20-30 feet
15-20 feet
30 feet
15-25 feet
15-25 feet
15-20 feet
20-30 feet
30-40 feet
20-30 feet
10-15 feet
20 feet
20-30 feet
20-30 feet
From “Gardening with Native Plants of the South”, Sally Wasowski, 1994 and personal knowledge – Mark W. LaSalle (Audubon Mississippi).
Native Plant Choices – Page 1 of 2
Evergreen Screening Shrubs, Usually Under 15 Feet
Species
Sandhill rosemary (Ceratiola ericoides)
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
Black Wax Myrtle (Myrica hetreophylla)
Odorless Wax Myrtle (Myrica inodora)
Height
1 ½ -8 feet
10-15 feet
5-7 feet
5-7 feet
Spacing
3 feet
15-20 feet
5-10 feet
5-10 feet
Sun/Shade
Pm/sun
All
Am/pm/sun
Am/pm/sun
Soil
Very acid, sand
Very acid, east
Very acid
Very acid
Drainage
Dry
Moist to dry
Wet
Wet
Flowering and Fruiting Shrubs, Usually Under 15 Feet
Species
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa
americana)
Sweetshrub (Calycanthus florida)
Sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)
Strawberrybush (Euonymus americanus)
Fothergilla (Fothergilla major)
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea
quercifolia)
Flame Azalea (Rhododendron
austrinum)
Pink Azalea (Rhododendron canescens)
Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron
viscosum)
Swamp rose (Rosa palustris)
Stewartia (Stewartia malachodendron)
Storax (Styrax americana)
Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum)
Height
4-6 feet
Spacing
6-8 feet
Sun/Shade
All
Soil
Acid
Drainage
Dry to moist
6-8 feet
3-6 feet
4-8 feet
2-5 feet
6-8 feet
4-12 feet
3-6 feet
4-5 feet
3-5 feet
6-8 feet
Shade/am/pm
All
Shade/am
Am/pm/sun
Shade/am/pm
Acid-neutral, rich
Very acid
Acid-neutral, rich
Acid
Acid, rich
moist
Wet
Moist
Moist to dry
Moist to dry
6-10 feet
6-8 feet
All
Very acid
Moist
8 feet
5-7 feet
6-12 feet
5-12 feet
Am/pm/sun
Am/pm/sun
Very acid, rich
Very acid, rich
Wet to moist
Wet
3-6 feet
10-15 feet
6-10 feet
12-30 feet
3-6 feet
15 feet
8-10 feet
15 feet
Sun
Shade/am/pm
Shade/am/pm
Am/pm/sun
Acid
Very acid, rich
Very acid
Acid, sand, rich
Moist
Moist to dryish
Moist to wet
Moist to wet
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