Wholesale SWFL · Trade Pricing on Request
Fiddlewood
Citharexylum spinosum
Fragrant native tree with cascading white flower spikes — butterflies, birds, and SWFL coastal compliance in one plant.
Availability
Available through Homestead native specialty growers. Contact Tyler before specifying — supply is thin for this species.
Trade Sizes
15G · 25G
Primary Use Cases
- Native specimen tree for estate entry and courtyard
- Wildlife garden and butterfly habitat planting
- Coastal native compliance tree on South Florida projects
Why Contractors Come to Gulfroot
Citharexylum spinosum is a Florida native tree that produces long, cascading spikes of tiny white fragrant flowers that blanket the tree in bloom — it looks like a weeping white flowering tree during its flush periods, which can occur multiple times per year in SWFL. Landscape designers who know it love it; the problem is almost nobody in the trade has a web page for it. Contractors who need a native flowering tree smaller than a Live Oak or Gumbo Limbo have very few options. Fiddlewood fills that gap.
SWFL Field Performance
Zone 10–11. Full sun to part shade. Moderate drought tolerance. High salt tolerance — native to South Florida coastal hammocks. Semi-evergreen. Grows to 20–30ft with an open, graceful canopy. Fragrant flower spikes attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds; small orange-red berries attract birds. Florida native — counts toward native vegetation compliance. One of the most distinctive native flowering trees in the SWFL palette.
Direct from Homestead — not through a distributor.
The same plants installed on Naples estate builds by Precision Landscaping & Design.
Gulfroot Trading Co. is a DBA of Rock & Rose Nursery · Alva, FL
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