Silver Buttonwood Conocarpus erectus VAR. sericeus 100 Seeds

Description

The Silver Buttonwood is a form of the buttonwood mangrove that has silvery leaves with silky, white hairs. It is native to southern Florida and the Florida Keys. It is widely grown for its attractive foliage and it stands out int he landscape. It is a multi-stemmed shrub or tree and it is grown as a specimen tree, a shrub, a hedge and as a bonsai tree. It takes clipping well and it can form a nice, shaped hedge with dense, silvery foliage. As a tree it has a spreading or irregular form with a crooked or leaning trunk that gives it a picturesque appearance. It grows along the coast with mangroves and farther inland in coastal hammocks. It is salt tolerant, tolerant of poor, sandy soils and wind resistant and is a very durable tree. The fruits are small, brown, cone-like clusters of scaly, winged seeds and they are produced abundantly on the branches so they are an ornamental feature of the tree. It is easy to grow and it has a medium growth rate