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Spanish Stopper
Eugenia foetida
Ultra-dense native hedge material — tiny leaves, tight branching, and salt air tolerance that few natives match.
Availability
Available through Homestead native growers. Supply thinner than common hedges — confirm before specifying volumes.
Trade Sizes
3G · 7G
Primary Use Cases
- Formal native compliance hedge on coastal estate projects
- Tight screening where Cocoplum is too coarse-textured
- Low-maintenance coastal buffer planting
Why Contractors Come to Gulfroot
Eugenia foetida is a Florida native that produces one of the finest-textured, densest hedge forms of any native species. The small, rounded leaves and tight branching create a hedge wall that looks almost manicured without regular trimming. For coastal SWFL estate projects where the landscape plan requires native species but the client wants a refined, formal hedge character, Spanish Stopper is the answer. Almost no SWFL contractor or nursery has web content targeting this species at trade scale.
SWFL Field Performance
Zone 10–11. Full sun to part shade. Drought tolerant once established. Very high salt tolerance — native to South Florida coastal hammocks and Keys. Evergreen. Grows to 8–15ft untrimmed; maintains readily as a 3–6ft formal hedge. Small white flowers in spring, black berries in fall. One of the best native options for formal coastal hedging in Collier, Monroe, and southern Lee counties.
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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