Horticulture

BOK TOWER GARDENS

1. FLORIDA PRIVET (FORESTIERA SEGREGATA)

lorida privet offers fruit for wildlife and food for a diversity of pollinating insects when in flower. It is species in adverse soils, and it can be maintained as a thick hedging that offers natural screening and wildlife habitat. USDA Zones 8b–11.

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