Garberia heterophylla

garberia

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

5 ft tall by 5 ft wide

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

lavender

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Evergreen. Blooms late fall. Can live 25-50 years (Nelson 2003)

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Specimen or hedge plant. 

Considerations:

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Somewhat long very dry periods ---- to ---- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies

Attracts butterflies and moths, bees, and other insects.  Documented bees include  Colletes mandibularis, Agaposternon splendens, Augochlora pzcra, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis rnetallica, Dialictus ~niniatulus, D. nymnphalis, D. placidensis, Anthidiellum notaturn rufimaculatum, Coelioxys mexicarza, C. sayi, Megachile merzdica, M. pruina, M. xylocopoides, Epeolus carolilzus, Bolnbzcs impatiens and Xylocopa virginica krombeini (Deyrup et al. 2002)

Native Habitats:

Sandhill, open areas in xeric hammock, scrub, scrubby-sandhill, scrubby flatwoods.