Sea Oats & Dune Restoration

Ten Mile Creek Nursery specializes in producing quality native and dune restoration plants for the Gulf Coast. Much of our propagation material is harvested from construction sites where the native vegetation is being removed ensuring that our plants are hardy and suited for growth along the coastal areas of Northwest Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.

Sea oats, Uniola paniculata, produce long runners underground which help to hold sand in place during hurricanes. 

A single sea oat plant's underground system can run for hundreds of feet.

Beach elder is a small shrub with a very strong scent.

Beach Rosemary, Conradina canescens, is a beautiful evergreen plant with silvery-gray foliage and light purple blooms.

Railroad Vine has glossy leaves that are a vivid gren color and fushcia flowers. 

Sunshine mimosa forms a dense mat only a few inches from the ground and has foliage and blooms that appear similar to a Southern Mimosa tree.

Dune Sunflower forms mounds of yellow flowers and blooms from early spring until first frost.

Blue Mountain Lupine is an endangered species that grows in only a few counties of the Florida Panhandle. 

It has furry silvery-gray leaves and spikes of bluish-purple flowers.

Panic grass is a tough drought tolerant grass that provides excellent protection against erosion.

Dwarf Blueberry is a tight compact evergreen shrub with tiny colorful leaves.

It can also be a good addition to residential landscaping.