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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 in the 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.
The Buttonwood
ages very nicely with the bark of the tree contorting and twisting with age. It
can also be trimmed and shaped easily. Rough seashore winds add its nice
patina. Conocarpus erectus grows as a small shrub to large tree up to 20 meters
in height. The leaves are arranged alternately, oval and up to ten cm long and
can be covered with either a gray pubescence or be completely glabrous. The
petioles have two glands at the leaf base. The flowers occur in heads that are
arranged in a racemous fashion. The calyx has five partially fused sepals. The
corolla is absent and there are five stamens. The floral parts are all
pubescent. The fruit is a drupe producing a flat winged seed. Conocarpus
erectus occurs near saline environments along shorelines and interior ponds but
typically only in locations that have occasional flooding. They can also grow
in upland areas when planted. It occurs throughout the islands of the Bahamas,
Florida, the Caribbean, Central and South America as well as Africa. Conocarpus
erectus is widely used in the horticultural trade. The wood has been used for
charcoal production because of how dense it is as well as in boat construction
because of its durability in saline environments. It is also used as a fuel
source for smoking fish and barbequing because of its unique flavor
Growing Instructions
1. Put a mixture of potting soil and sand or perlite in a
pot with drainage holes in the bottom.
2. Sow the seeds on the surface and cover them with a thin
layer of soil.
3. Water the seeds.
4. Put the pot in an area in full sun or part shade.
5. When the seedlings are several inches tall, they can be
planted in the ground.
Kayden (verified owner) –
Great germination.
Hayden (verified owner) –
Very healthy seeds! Well worth it.
Patrick (verified owner) –
WOW!! Not one dud in the bunch!! Shortly after planting they started growing ! These are really great packet of seeds!!!
Ryder (verified owner) –
Great germination.
Richard (verified owner) –
WOW!! Not one dud in the bunch!! Shortly after planting they started growing ! These are really great packet of seeds!!!