Tarflower
Bejaria racemosa
Tarflower is a Florida scrub shrub with showy, sticky, fragrant white-to-pink flowers that trap small insects, a heat- and drought-tolerant evergreen for dry, sandy, acidic gardens.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- FL, GA