Borders & hedges

Are plants that are upright and dense in habit to create either a garden border or a privacy hedge. These are salt and drought tolerant, some are also wind tolerant and well suited for ocean front properties.

Borders

Morning glory; Dwarf Bindweed

Evolvulus convolvuloides
CONVOLVULACEAE

It is an ever blooming and evergreen bush is well suited for a full sun exposure. It is a showy border plant that will nicely finish a landscape.

Guana Berry

Ernodea littoralis
RUBIACEAE

It is an 18" X 18" everblooming and evergreen bush that is well suited for a beachfront salt tolerant ground cover that needs a full sun exposure.

Low Hedges

False Willow, Saltbush

Baccharis dioica ASTERACEAE

is a slow growing dense evergreen that is easily manicured as a hedge. It is salt, drought and wind tolerant. This is an excellent shrub to prevent wind and wave erosion for beach front locations.

Black Candlewood

Erithalis fruticosa RUBIACEAE

this evergreen is a salt, drought and wind tolerant that is well suited for ocean front landscape.

Shanks, Bushy Salmea

Salmea petrobioides ASTERACEAE

This dense evergreen bush is a slow growing plant that is well suited to ocean front gardens. It will flower in the fall and Xmas.
This plant is wind, salt and drought tolerant. It will need a well drain soil and full sun.
It will naturally form as a mound that would need to be manicured once a year after blooming.

Medium hedge

Black Sage; Butterfly Bush

Cordia bullata var. globosa
BORAGINACEAE

This dense evergreen and everblooming bush is a butterfly magnet and will lend itself to be manicured as a lovely 6' privacy hedge.

Florida Privet

Forestiera segregata
OLEACEAE

Dioecious (Male & female plants)
This resilient bush likes to be be manicured.
Birds love the fruits

Bushy Heliotropium

Euploca ternata
BORAGINACEAE

This evergreen and everblooming shrub is a dense bush with terminal blooms that likes to be manicure to promote a display of flowers. It will grow into a dome if left in a freestyle form.

Either way butterflies will love it.

TALL HEDGES

Strawberry tree

Eugenia axillaris
MYRTACEAE

This small evergreen tree is a cornerstone plant and an all around perfect landscape material with interesting bloom and colorful berries that birds will love to eat. Culturally, the Strawberry tree was weaved to make Caymanian "Wattle and daub" walls for the houses. Also jam can be made from the fruits. It is a good source of food for bird.

This versatile slow growing evergreen tree is well suited for manicured hedges and wind shelter. The new leaves are bright red on hunter green background.

It is salt and drought tolerant.