Sea Grape
Coccoloba uvifera · Shrub
Sea Grape is a shrub, hardy in USDA zones 10a-11, that matures to about 15–25 ft × 15–25 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in sandy soil. Expect white blooms in summer. It attracts bees, stands up well to wind and salt and drought.
- USDA zones
- 10a-11
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 15–25 ft × 15–25 ft
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Sandy
- Foliage
- Green, Red
- Bloom color
- White
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Bees
- Tough against
- Wind, Salt, Drought
- Native to
- Florida coastal, Caribbean
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