Description: Package of 50 seeds Florida privet, Florida swampprivetForestiera segregata General Landscape Uses: Accent shrub or small tree. Ecological Restoration Notes: A shrub along hammock especially along the coast. Description: Large shrub or small tree with a dense, irregular crown composed of many small trunks from crooked trunks. Bark pale or creamy, thin, smooth with many breathing pores (lenticels). Leaves dark green above, 3/4-2 inches long. Semi-deciduous, with the old leaves falling as the new flush of growth begins.Dimensions: Typically 8-15 feet in height in South Florida; to 17.5 feet in Florida. Often as broad as tall.Growth Rate: Moderate to fast.Range: Southeastern United States south to the Monroe County Keys; Bermuda and the West Indies. Very rare and scattered in the Monroe County Keys.Habitats: Hammocks and hammock edges; understory shrub in pine rocklands.Soils: Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with humusy top layer.Nutritional Requirements: Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.Salt Wind Tolerance: High; can tolerate moderate amounts of salt wind without injury.Drought Tolerance: High; does not require any supplemental water once established.Light Requirements: Full sun.Flower Color: Yellowish-green.Flower Characteristics: Semi-showy, in small clusters from the axils of the previous year's growth. Dioecious, with male and female flowers on different plants, or polygamodioecious, with a few flowers of the opposite sex or bisexual flowers on the same plant.Flowering Season: All year; peak in spring.Fruit: Black or dark purple drupe.Wildlife and Ecology: Provides significant food and cover for wildlife. Birds eat the fruits.Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from de-pulped seed. Cover with soil and place in full sun.Comments: This shrub grow readily in the garden from seed. Synonyms: plants with smaller leaves growing in the pine rocklands of Miami-Dade County have been described as a distinct species, F. pinetorum, or variety, F. segregata var. pinetorum.
Price: 9.95 USD
Location: Miami, Florida
End Time: 2024-02-27T20:11:43.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
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Common Name: Privet
Brand: Unbranded
Type: Cacti & Succulents
