Known to occur in wet areas in se Louisiana and Mississippi. Opposite leaves and wide, white, flat top clusters of flowers in spring. Seeds look like black olives in fall. Important bird food. Good fall color most years. Deciduous shrub with arching habit. Can get 10-15’ tall by 10’ wide.

Very fine texture, lots of branching with clusters of small yellow blooms all summer. Grows 3-5ft. Occurs in savannas and pinelands along the Gulf Coast. Easy to grow.

Minty fragrant leaves, fine textured, small woody shrub with tubular lavender blooms in Feb.-Mar. Occurs along the coastal plains of FL and AL in sandy soil and full sun to part shade. Widely used in both naturalistic and more formal landscapes. Good in a big container in a dry sunny location

Deciduous shrub to 4’ - known for clusters of bright purple berries late summer and fall. Big green leaves create bold appearance - important bird food and good for flower arrangements. Plant will thrive in any soil conditions and sun or shade. Zones 5 - 10.

Yellow berried form of the popular Foster holly, which is one of the parents. Natural conical shape from 10 - 20ft. Likes well drained soils and part to full sun. Yellow berries in the landscape last longer than red ones…the birds don’t recognize them.

Deciduous tree to 50’ and up with huge leaves (to 3’). Creamy white, fragrant flowers in April and May are a foot across. Tropical looking foliage makes great statement. Occurs from KY to FL & LA in woodlands in moist, well-drained, slightly acid soils along slopes and ravines. Tropical looking foliage makes great statement as an accent tree for a large area. Zones 7-9.

Big edible, spring fruit following white, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers. Excellent bird food. The best fall color. Easy to grow. Tolerant of almost any conditions. Native species is an excellent landscape plant with interest all year. Not just for the fruit! This form does not require another type for cross pollenation.

This queen of the woodlands is graced with spikes of small white flowers resembling a bottle brush. If you have one of these in your shade garden, I guarantee you will pause to enjoy it in bloom. Very difficult to propagate from cuttings and not a sure thing from seed. If you can find it - get it. Occurs from SC to GA, FL, AL in coastal plain and piedmont in low woodlands in well drained soil. As a specimen in part sun, it can grow to 10 ft tall by 10 ft wide and full of blooms, but requires care.

Deciduous shrub or small tree -5 to 20 ft. Occurs along streams and swamps in N. America. White summer blooms are frilly balls that butterflies sip nectar from. Seed are bird food. Will grow in sun or shade, wet or dry soil, salt tolerant. Also occurs in or near dune lakes.

The well behaved cousin of the raucous Japanese honeysuckle. Evergreen twining vine with tubular red flowers occurring in wooded areas throughout eastern US. Can be used on mailboxes, fences and arbors without fear of it taking over the world. Important for hummer fall migration. Sun or shade; any soil.

"St. Johns wort" Evergreen colonial shrub 3ft x 3ft. Big yellow flowers in May. Sun or shade. Wet or dry sandy soils. Species range NJ to FL and west to TX. Excellent used in masses as ground cover or as single plants. Zone 6 - 10. Red and orange fall color. Fine-textured, great for naturalistic settings. Found by Mike Creel, writer for SC Wildlife magazine, & introduced by D &D. May also be found in the trade called "Brodie".

selected by Tom Dodd, III for Gulf Coast conditions. Low, arching, creamy variegated, evergreen shrub for shade areas - 3’ x 3’ - well drained but not dry. Zone 7 - 10. Fragrant white blooms in April - reddish spring color and great fall color too! Occurs from VA south to FL and LA along coastal plain. Use instead of L. fontanesiana ‘Rainbow’

Low, evergreen shrub 18" - 24". Leaves are shiny blue-green and turn red in fall. White, fragrant blueberry blooms in spring turning to blue edible fruit. Important bird food. Occurs in coastal plain in seasonally wet to dry pinelands and scrub. GA to FL and TX. True 4 seasons plant . Excellent ground cover. Zone 7 - 9.

Evergreen shrub with fragrant leaves - height varies from 3’ to 6’ tall by 3’ wide. Tom Dodd, III selection with no leaf spot. Thrives in any soil conditions and sun or shade. Zone 7 to 10.

Evergreen, colonial shrub 18 - 24". Underground runners. Dark green shiny leaves. Fall color. White, fragrant blueberry blooms in spring turning to blue edible fruit. Important bird food. Occurs in coastal plain in seasonally wet to dry pinelands and scrub. SC to FL and AL.

One of the most widely used native hollies. Will take a wide range of sun, water, pH, abuse. Useful as a screen, barrier, specimen, single or multi-trunk tree. Big red berries. To 20ft. Easy to grow. Zone 7 - 10. Fine textured evergreen leaves. NOT sticky. Occurs in a wide variety of habitats throughout VA to FL and TX.

Handsome arching, evergreen shrub to 5’ with showy clusters of fragrant, white or pink bell shaped spring flowers. In same family as blueberries and azaleas. Zone 7 - 10. Occurs in Coastal plain and piedmont in sandy, moist situations. VA s to FL and LA. Grows in sandy , moist or dry (irrigated) acid soils. Use as masses or singly.

Evergreen shrub or small tree to 15’. Aromatic leaves with deep red flowers in early spring. Occurs in under story along stream banks and other moist , well-drained areas with sandy soils. Occurs GA south to FL and LA. Good cold tolerance-upright form-likes partial to full shade. An excellent evergreen "bones of the garden" plant that is easy to grow. Zone 5 - 10.

Evergreen shrub to 12 ft. Arching habit, bright green color. Part sun to shade. Wild honey fragrance as the white flowers (racemes) come into bloom. Coastal Plains SC to FL. Creates a naturalistic effect along stream sides , bluffs or woodlands. Zones 6 - 10. New growth can be 4’ in spring. Watch watering during this growth period.

This form has bolder green leaves and much heavier fruit than the pure species. Named for Oscar Gray by Tom Dodd, Jr. To 20ft. Easy to grow. Use as single or multi-trunk forms. Zone 7 - 10. One of the most widely used hollies. Takes wide range of sun, water, pH, and abuse.

Large 6 in. pink blooms June-Sept. on 7-10 ft. stems with blue-green, fuzzy, velvety leaves. Most common around salt marshes, but thrives in most conditions.

Woody aster that covers with white blooms in the fall. To 10 ft. Good pioneer plant that grows in any conditions, including salt - prefers sun. Useful in naturalistic settings, from sand dunes to roadsides. Occurs MA south to FL and west to TX.

This tiny (12-18") evergreen shrub has miniature mountain laurel blooms June to October. It occurs in pine savannas in coastal plain from se SC to N central FL over to LA. Little known plant worthy of attention in natural gardens.

Distinctive strawberry pods with coral seed in the fall which the turkeys love. Green stems all year - grows to 5 ft. Widespread from NY to FL and west to TX. Prefers shade and moist, well drained soils

3 ft shrub that thrives in any soil and in sun or shade. Found along creeks and streams - white fragrant racemes 6" long in summer. Brilliant garnet/burgundy foliage in fall. Stems red in winter. Deciduous shrub that occurs from NJ to FL and across to LA.

This dwarf plant was found at Calloway Gardens near Hummingbird Lake. Deciduous shrub to 3 ft. with many white flower spikes for 4-6 weeks in summer. Hummers and butterflies adore the spicy fragrance and you will too! Likes wet to moist, acid soils with full sun to partial shade. East TX. to FL and up the coast to Maine in wet thickets, savannas, woodlands, bogs, flatwoods. Zones 4-9.

Evergreen shrub to 3’ - small glossy green leaves with black berries. Occurs down the coastal plain from Nova Scotia to Florida and across to Texas. Zones 5-10. A bee plant - will grown in wet or dry soils and will take sun or shade

Evergreen shrub or small tree usually to 6ft. Slow growing. Red berries. Tolerant of most conditions. Hardy in Birmingham. Zone 7 - 10. Occurs in damp habitats along Coastal plain from NC to n FL west to TX, but will thrive in sun or shade, and wet or dry soils.

THE Southern tree. Low growing, spreading, evergreen oak. Avg. 50’x 75’. The most hurricane resistant tree as it has a low, wide, form and large trunk. Not slow growing when young and can live several hundred years. Zone 7 - 10. Excellent street tree. Its natural form does not resemble a popsicle stick.

Named for famed Texas plantsman by Tom Dodd, Jr. Zone 7 - 10. Bigger leaves and berries than the species.To 20ft. Easy to grow. Use as single or multi-trunk forms.

Evergreen…..blooms in full shade…..fragrant…..what more could you ask for???????? "Miss Margie" Jenkins in Amite, La. introduced this beautiful dark green form that had been given to her by David Drylie. Low arching evergreen shrub for shade areas - 3" x 3" - well drained but not dry. Fragrant white blooms in April. Zones 7-10.

Beautiful, large, evergreen shrub usually 10-15 ft. with flowers that can be white, pink or candy striped. These plants are from seed from a local population so the flower color and height will vary. Occurs along the Gulf Coast on the bluff side of streams and creeks. Requires good care to grow!!! Shade and good drainage. Water during the hot dry spells for the first few years.

Low fine textured, evergreen shrub. Covers with suspended, white, bell-shaped flowers in winter. Two forms occur: dryer shrub form with larger leaves and blooms which we named ‘Baldwin’ and a weekly vining form found on trunks of cedars and cypress.Occurs only in coastal plain of SC, GA, AL and central FL & FL panhandle.Grow like a native azalea (same family)/ Excellent, underused garden plant of promise. Zone 7 - 10.

Evergreen shrub to 15ft. EXCELLENT SCREEN. Fast growing with thick upright habit. Heat tolerant, fragrant leaves, cold hardy in Memphis. Full sun or shade. Thrives in most soils. Leaves yellow-green in sun and darker green in shade. Insignificant yellow flowers & fruit. Occurs only in FL along the coastal plain on sandy swamp edges. Mistakenly called Japanese anise.

Evergreen shrub or small tree to 20’. Tolerant of most any conditions. Zones 8 - 10. Looks like wax myrtle, leaves are larger and have no aroma. Coastal plain and savannas from FL to LA.

Large rose pink flowers with large leaves. Big blooms all summer. Spectacular. Given to us by a Baldwin County Master Gardener, and to him by his papa.

Evergreen shrub or small tree to 20ft. Tolerant of any conditions. Fast growing. Dodd & Dodd introduction. Found by Tom Dodd, III in Florida panhandle. Natural pyramidal shape. Long leaves and bold red berries. Ilex cassine occurs NC to FL west to TX, in coastal plain in bogs, cypress ponds and bays.

Deciduous shrub or small tree native to coastal SC, GA, FL - RARE - only 1 or 2 colonies exist. "Blooms" like pink poinsettia in May, June, July - show stopper but difficult to establish. Don’t let the plant dry out!!! Named for Charles C. Pinckney by Bartram. Bark used as quinine substitute to treat malaria during "the recent unpleasantness."

Deciduous small tree or shrub to 12 ft. with red flowers in spring. Occurs from Illinois to Coastal plains of NC & FL to TX. A hummingbird favorite. Full sun to shade - fertile, moist, well-drained soil. Easy to grow

Herbaceous perennial growing 6 ft. by mid-summer with fabulous , deeply lobed scarlet blooms atop erect stems in the heat of the summer. Occurs in southern US in brackish marshes but thrives in most conditions. Zones 7-10

Deciduous multi-trunked shrub with fragrant pink racemes in summer. Seeds resemble peppercorns and persist through winter - provides bird food. Height 5 to 10 ft - Zones 5-10 - wet to dry soils - sun or shade.

This cross by has the best features of the mountain laurel -big blooms - and the sand laurel - vigor. Has the appearance of a mountain laurel but is more heat tolerant and more vigorous. In tissue culture now. Available 2002. Cross by Tom Dodd, III Tom Dodd, Jr. And Dick Jaynes.

White flowered form of evergreen shrub or small tree to 15ft. - aromatic leaves. Zone 5 - 10. Grows in understory along stream banks and moist, well-drained areas with sandy soils. Species occurs from GA south to FL and LA. Partial to full shade, takes more sun that the species.

Tall, vigorous growing form of Clethra found on the Gulf Coast by Thayer Dodd. White petals on rose stems appear pink. Loses leaves later than other forms and may even stay evergreen in mild winters. Seeds resemble peppercorns and persist through winter. Hummer and butterfly favorite. Good cut flower. Zone 4 - 9

Shrub or small tree. Small opposite, serrated leaves. Covers with white umbels early spring. Has been confused with Ilex vomitoria until it blooms!! Coastal plain, SC and GA, FL and AL. Does well in a variety of sites, sun or partial shade, 10 - 12 ft. Zones 7 - 10. Dark blue fruit. This is a more compact selection of V. obovatum Walterii. Good red winter color.

Shrub or small tree. Small opposite, serrated leaves. Covers with white umbels early spring. Has been confused with Ilex vomitoria until it blooms!! Coastal plain, SC and GA, FL and AL. Occurs on stream lands, wet hammocks, floodplain woodlands, wet pine flatwoods. Does well in a variety of sites, sun or partial shade, 10 - 12 ft. Zones 7-10. Dark blue fruit.

Glossy dark green evergreen small tree or shrub. White bell-shaped spring blooms. The BEST deep south fall color, red bark on interesting trunks. True 4 season plant. Occurs throughout VA to MO south to FL and TX. Fall blue berries are important wildlife food. Slow growing. But takes wide variety of conditions. Excellent garden plant.

Short -to 20 in.- evergreen , ground-hugging shrub with yellow flowers in summer. From well-drained sandy soils to moist or wet shore areas . Occurs NC to FL & AL. Fine-textured, low-spreading form ideal for naturalistic settings and detail design.

Wet habitats in Piedmont and coastal plain from CN south to FL & TX. Opposite leaves typical of viburnum - Wide, white, flat-top clusters of flowers in spring. In fall, drupes are cream or pink then look like black olives. Important bird food. Deciduous shrub or small tree to 15’. Will grown in wet or dry soil, and sun or shade.

Semi-evergreen tree of 30-60’. Lemon-scented white flowers in April-May. Likes wet to slightly dry soils in sun to part shade. Occurs in coastal plain and piedmont Mass to FL and west to TX . Known for the silver undersides of foliage which shows well in breezes and just before a rain. Zones 6-9.

Occurs from Maine to FL across to TX in piedmont and coastal plain in pine savannas and wet areas. Deciduous, upright multi-trunk shrub with fragrant white racemes in summer and good gold fall color. Seeds resemble peppercorns and persist through winter. Provides bird food. Zones 5 - 10. Height up to 9ft. Wet to dry soils - sun or shade. Great around water features, ponds, streams.

Deciduous shrub of 6-10 ft. Foliage has spicy aroma when crushed, sweet-scented purple-brown flowers in spring. Upright form, yellow fall color. Grows along fertile woodlands, hillsides and sandy streams from PA and OH to FL and LA. Colonizes - great for naturalistic settings - an heirloom garden plant. Zones 7-9.

Evergreen shrub or small tree to 15’. Tolerant of any conditions. EXCELLENT SUBSTITUTE FOR ANY BROADLEAF EVERGREEN. Round leaves, compact growth. Excellent for hedges, or specimens. Big red berries in winter. Good bird food. Zone 7 - 10. FAST GROWING. No known pest problems. Found by Tom Dodd, III in panhandle Florida.

Shrub or small tree of variable height up to 20’ - gnarly, reddish bark with lots of character. Occurs in se US along creeks but will grow in ANY conditions. Known to be cold hardy in Zone 7 - UNDERUSED PLANT OF PROMISE! Covers with fragrant white racemes in summer - terrific fall color - mostly evergreen.

Evergreen shrub or small tree to 20’ with fragrant, pink flowers on erect 3 in. racemes in early spring. Attracts honeybees and butterflies. White flowers are more common, but this one was chosen for its pink flowers and bluish tint leaves. The population has recently been replaced by a car repair shop in Van Cleve, Miss. Occurs in moderately wet woodlands and acid swamps from LA to FL and into SC. Great for low, moist sites. Zones 7-9. Can be difficult to establish.

This variegated form with lavender-pink blooms was found and named by Tom Dodd, III. It is being produced in conjunction with Carolina Nurseries and will be released soon.

Deciduous shrub to 4ft with clusters of white berries late summer and fall. Big green leaves create bold appearance - important bird food. Plant will thrive in any conditions and sun or shade. Zones 5 to 10.

Tall evergreen tree to 90’, usually shorter, which grows along and in moving fresh water. Coastal plain from Maine to SC, cen w GA ne FL, central Panhandle of FL west to AL & MS Tolerates most any conditions, but do not let dry out completely in pot or when first planted

Deciduous shrub to 15’. Large red fruit in winter. Native to entire east coast Will grow well in wet or dry soils in full sun. Great winter bird food. Zones 4-9. Excellent in natural settings as a wildlife attractor.

Deciduous holly found in low areas along the Gulf Coast. We are currently evaluating a crop from local seed and plant to introduce both male and female selections

A semi-woody , low mounding shrub with spikes of yellow flowers July-November along the Coastal Plain from NC to FL and MS. Sandy woodlands, dunes and roadsides. Don’t baby this plant. Occurs along the Coastal plain from NC to FL and AL.

This marsh mallow has 6" white flowers with rose-purple centers. Grows to 6’ in one season. Will take any conditions including salt. Dies back to canes in winter. Occurs in marshes from Mass and Illinois south to Florida across to Texas.