Plants to Use :: Winter Haven Wildlife Habitat Area Team

Shrubs
Soil	Attracts Butterflies	Name	Characteristics (Adult plant height, wildlife food supplied, etc.)
HM		Anise - Florida yellow	15 ft. / fruit / evergreen / likes partial shade
HM		Anise - Star red	15 ft. / fruit / evergreen / likes partial shade
M		Beautyberry	6 ft. / fruits
H		Blueberry - high bush	12 ft. / berries
M		Blueberry - shiny or little	2 ft. / berries
HM		Bluestem Palmetto	5 ft. / fruit
M	B	Butterfly Bush	12 ft.
M	B	Cassia (Bahama)	10 ft. / yellow flowers / larval food of sulphurs seeds
M	B	Coontie	seeds
XM	B	Coral Bean	8 ft. / seeds / flowers attract hummingbirds
M	B	Firebush	6 ft. / fruits / flowers attract hummingbirds
M		Gallberry	5 ft. / fruiting evergreen
M	B	Golden Dewdrop*	18 ft. / fruits
M	B	Mallow - Turk’s Cap*	Larval food of Painted Ladies
XM	B	Partridge Pea	3 ft. / annual
M	B	Plumbago*	flowers attract butterflies
M	B	Saw Palmetto	8 ft. / fruits
X	B	Scrub Palmetto	3 ft. / fruits
M	B	Simpson’s Stopper	25 ft. / fruits / evergreen
M	B	Thryallis	5 ft. / evergreen / showy yellow flowers
MH	B	Viburnum (Walter's)	20 ft. / deciduous / white flowers / berries
MH	B	Viburnum (Mrs. Schiller's)	4 ft. / white flowers
HM		Virginia Willow	6 ft. / withe bottle-brush type flowers
H		Wax Myrtle	20 ft. / berries / bushy evergreen
H		Wild Coffee	5 ft. / evergreen / white flowers / fruits

Bold Type = Readily available requiring no special care
Standard Type = More difficult to obtain; requires some special attention
* indicates non-native species

General soil characterizations:
H - hydric, wet
M - mesic, medium
X - xeric, dry
B - Provides either larval or nectar food for butterflies.