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Scientific name<br />
Common Name(s)<br />
Trachycarpus fortunei<br />
Windmill Palm<br />
Region<br />
Native<br />
or NI<br />
Growth<br />
Height<br />
Spread<br />
Med.<br />
NCS<br />
8-11 NN 10-25<br />
6-10<br />
Soil<br />
pH,<br />
text.<br />
<br />
Any<br />
Soil<br />
Moisture/<br />
Drought<br />
Medium<br />
Light Range/<br />
Optimum<br />
Salt<br />
M<br />
Comments<br />
inconspicuous, fragrant flowers in summer;<br />
moderately susceptible <strong>to</strong> lethal yellowing; good<br />
palm for shaded landscapes; <strong>to</strong>lerates occasional sun;<br />
watch for scale<br />
Wodyetia bifurcata<br />
Foxtail Palm<br />
S<br />
10-<br />
11<br />
NN<br />
Slow<br />
30<br />
8-20<br />
<br />
Any<br />
Medium<br />
M<br />
white flowers in spring; no pest problems<br />
Zamia pumila<br />
Coontie, <strong>Florida</strong><br />
Arrowroot, <strong>Florida</strong> Zamia<br />
NCS<br />
8b-<br />
11<br />
FL<br />
Fast<br />
1-5<br />
3-5<br />
<br />
Any<br />
High<br />
H<br />
also known as Zamia floridana ; <strong>Florida</strong>'s only native<br />
cycad; seeds and caudex poisonous; sole larval food<br />
plant for atala butterfly; pest sensitive; temperatures<br />
in low 20s turn foliage brown<br />
Zamia furfuracea<br />
Cardboard Plant<br />
CS<br />
9b-<br />
11<br />
NN<br />
Slow<br />
2-5<br />
5-8<br />
<br />
Any<br />
High<br />
H<br />
seeds and caudex poisonous; freezes in central<br />
<strong>Florida</strong> and can come back<br />
Perennials<br />
Acrostichum<br />
danaeifolium<br />
Leather Fern, Giant<br />
Leather Fern<br />
Adiantum capillusveneris<br />
Southern Maidenhair<br />
Fern, Venus' Hair Fern<br />
CS<br />
9-11<br />
S<br />
10-<br />
11<br />
FL<br />
FL<br />
Med.<br />
4-8<br />
3-5<br />
Slow<br />
1½ -2<br />
1-1½<br />
<br />
Any<br />
<br />
Any<br />
Low<br />
Medium<br />
M<br />
L-N<br />
large fern; good for wet sites in shaded landscape;<br />
foliage sometimes discolors in full sun without<br />
regular irrigation<br />
<strong>to</strong>lerates occasionally wet soil<br />
Agapanthus africanus<br />
Lily of the Nile, African<br />
Lily<br />
Fast<br />
NCS<br />
8-10 NN 2<br />
2<br />
<br />
S<br />
Medium<br />
M<br />
purple/white flowers in summer; deciduous<br />
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