Gopher Apple is a fun low growing FL native plant with multiple uses in the garden. As the name suggests, a small fruit follows the white flowers in late spring and summer. The flowers attract numerous pollinators and butterflies. The fruit itself is bland. Many small animals eat the fruit, such as... you guessed it... gopher tortoises.
 
Gopher Apple can spread through rhizome or by seed. It naturally spreads as a groundcover through sandhills, pine and scrubby flatwoods, and even grows well in coastal areas as it tolerates salt spray. It can be a useful groundcover for stabilizing sandy soils as a green mulch. It stays small, typically no taller than 1 foot. 
 
We really enjoy this plants because it check off three important boxes for Fruit of Labor's gardening focus:
 
Food producing
Attracts pollinators
Improves soil 
 
Native to Florida. 
Natural range in FL includes almost the entire state
Likes full sun or part sun.
Prefers dry well-drained sandy soils 
Mature height of approx 1 foot tall and up to 3 feet wide
Can be grown in zones 9-11
 
Size: 1 gal
 
Shipping materials are recycled. Please feel free to compost our shredded paper we use for cushioning. The package and loose-fill packing may have been reused. Feel free to reuse again, use as mulch, compost, or recycle.
 
Plants are only shipped on Mondays and Tuesdays. This is to avoid plants sitting at a post office or warehouse over a weekend and reducing shipping stress on plants. Plants arrive healthier and quicker when you select faster shipping such as priority shipping. Plants ship from Florida. Keep that in mind when deciding to buy and selecting shipping options.
 
Seed packets ship any day of the week and are commonly shipped in envelopes paid by stamp. There will be no tracking information for seed packets shipped in this way. Customers will be notified when seed packets are sent. 
 
No refunds, exchanges, or returns. By purchasing this plant, you are accepting the risk of having plants mailed to you. We package plants very carefully. We can not be responsible for how the carrier handles them or transient through different tempratures. Our most common carriers are UPS and USPS. Any damaged packages, damaged plants, dead plants or irregular shipping patterns should be claimed through the UPS or USPS insurance claims system. All orders come with a standard insurance of up to $100.00. You will need to provide the following for an insurance claim:
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