The following is a group of shrubs of more refined habit of growth which are adapted to middle and southern Florida. Those shrubs which are marked (+) are in flower during the winter months and are especially valuable for the northern tourists who visit Florida then.

a. White flowers:

Abelia grandiflora Hybrid Abelia

Aralia spinosa Hercules Club

+Assonia natalensis White Assonia

+Ar.alea indica Indian Azalea

+Bauhinia acuminata (T) White Mountain Ebony

Chalcas paniculata (T) Orange Jasmine

+Chionanthus virginica White Fringe

Cotoneaster frigida

Rose Box Cotoneaster pannosa

Silver-leaved Rose Box

Eleagnus pungens Silver Thorn

Gardenia fiorida Cape Jasmine

+Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Chinese Hibiscus

Hydrangea hortensis Japanese Hydrangea

Ixora colei (T) White Ixora

+Lagerstroemia indie a Crape Myrtle

+Laurocerasus caroliniana Wild Orange

Lawsonia inermis (T) Henna

Ligustrum nepalense Nepaul Privet

+Nerium oleander (single white) White Oleander

Osmanthus americanus

Florida Olive Osmanthus fragrans

Sweet Olive +Pittosporum tobira

Tobira Shrub +Plumbago capensis alba

White Leadwort

+Rosa (on multiflora stock) Garden Roses

+Tabernaemontana coronaria flore pleno Rose Bay

Tetrapanax papyriferum Rice Paper Plant

Thunbergia erecta alba

White Thunbergia Viburnum odoratissimum

Fragrant Japanese Viburnum

+Viburnum tinus Laurestinus b. Pink flowers:

+Assonia punctata

Pink Assonia +Azalea indica

Indian Azalea +Bauhinia purpurea triandra

Pink-flowering Mountain Ebony

Camellia japonica

Japonica +Cestrum elegans

Red Coral Jasmine Chaenomeles japonica

Japanese Quince

Cotoneaster acuminata

Rose Box +Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Chinese Hibiscus

Hydrangea opuloides otaksa

Hydrangea Ixora rosea splendens (T)

Rose-coloured Ixora

Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle

Nerium oleander Savort Pink Oleander

Punicea granatum Pomegranate

Rhodomyrtus tomentosus (T) Downy Myrtle

+Rosa (on multiflora stock) Garden Roses

Tamarix caspica Tamarisk c. Yellow flowers:

Acacia farnesiana Papinac

+Allamanda nerifolia Yellow Allamanda

Artobotrys odoratissimus False Ylang-Ylang

+Bauhinia tomentosa (T) Yellow Mountain Ebony

+Caesalpina pulcherrima flava

Barbadoes Flower Fence +Cestrum aurantiacum (T)

Yellow Cestrum Hamelia sphaerocarpa

Scarlet Bush Ixora flore luteo (T)

Yellow Ixora

+Jasminum nudiflorum Naked-flowered Jasmine

+Jasminum primulinum New Chinese Jasmine

+Micheliajuscata

Banana Shrub Paritium tiliaceum

Yellow Ernajagua

Podachaenium eminens Mexican Shrub Daisy

+Rosa (on multiflora stock) Garden Roses

+Stenolobium stans sambucifolia Yellow-flowering Elder

+ Tecoma stans Yellow Elder

Thevetia nerlfolia Trumpet Flower d. Red flowers:

+Acalypha hispida (T)

Chenille Plant +Azalea indie a

Indian Azalea

Caesalpina pulcherrima Barbadoes Flower Fence

Callistemon lanceolatus Bottle-brush

Calycanthus fioridus Strawberry Shrub

Euphorbia pulcherrima Poinsettia

Hamelia erecta (T) Scarlet Bush

+Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Chinese Hibiscus

Ixora coccinea (T) Scarlet Ixora

Lagerstroemia indica

Crape Myrtle Lawsonia rubra

Red Flowering Henna

Malvaviscus arboreus Turk's Cap

Nerium oleander DeBrun Double Crimson Oleander

+Roses (on multiflora stock) Garden Roses e. Purple and blue flowers:

+Allamanda purpurea

Purple Allamanda Asy stasia bella

Mackaya +Azalea indica

Indian Azalea Bauhinia purpurea (T)

Purple Mountain Ebony

Callicarpa americana Beauty Fruit

+Daedalacanthus nervosus (T)

Blue Justicia Duranta repens

Golden Dewdrop

+Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Chinese Hibiscus

Hydrangea opuloides otaksa

Hydrangea Lagerestroemia indica

Crape Myrtle

+Plumbago capensis Blue Leadwort