tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339260811456891032.post4598864457324749437..comments2023-09-24T15:18:39.826-04:00Comments on Gardening South Florida Style: Fast Growing Shrubs in South Florida ISheri - Creative Spaces Landscapinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04247701543142882135noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339260811456891032.post-27934859556350618262019-05-02T15:54:12.684-04:002019-05-02T15:54:12.684-04:00What is the name of that shrub/small tree with the...What is the name of that shrub/small tree with the huge (easily 6 inches across) yellow aster-like yellow flowers? They are growing lots of places in the Miami area.Stefan Schwabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814637337313623157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339260811456891032.post-42404922827184705742014-06-01T05:01:31.371-04:002014-06-01T05:01:31.371-04:00Capers are slow growing, as are some of the stoppe...Capers are slow growing, as are some of the stoppers - especially Red and Redberry, with Simpson's moderate.<br /><br />Horizontal cocoplum is the sprawling crawling beach dune varietyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5339260811456891032.post-7408458373691353202014-06-01T04:53:22.210-04:002014-06-01T04:53:22.210-04:00Cocoplum will grow much taller than 3 to 6 feet. W...Cocoplum will grow much taller than 3 to 6 feet. We have one well over 20 feet, and they will potentially reach 30 feet. It also grows wider than tall. This is the reason it so often looks pretty horrid when clipped into a 3 foot hedge for any length of time. Clipped straight up and down the lower plant suffers. Clipped to 3 feet it is clipped so much to maintain the height the leaves even tend to change due to the constant attack on the plant to reduce it to around 30 to 10 percent of the height it would prefer and ditto with width. <br /><br />The coffee in the photo appears to be Psychotria nervosa not ligustrina.<br /><br />The third fire bush photo has some look of the non-native Hamelia patens var glabra but hard to tell without checking leaves to see if they are glabrous. The yellow flowers are more typical of var glabra - usually constricted at base. Also 4 leaves more typical of glabra vs 3 on var patens. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com