Silver Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus)

The Silver buttonwood is an evergreen shrub with low-growing branches and multiple trunks. It has beautiful silvery leaves due to the silky hairs that cover the leaf surface and small white to cream colored flowers which bloom in the spring. This shrub can grow to resemble a tree reaching a height of 15 feet. The plant does well in full sun to partial shade and is drought tolerant.