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Coffee Colubrina | Wild Coffee | Florida Native Tree

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  • Healthy tree ready for planting or container growing
  • Multiple size options to match your preference
  • Money-back coverage and secure packaging
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Size (Measurement Includes Container)
Pick the size that fits your goal
Smaller Sizes (1 gal)

Starting size and the lowest upfront commitment. ~6 months old tree.

Medium Sizes (3 gal)

Medium option with a strong balance of size and value. ~1 year old tree.

Larger Sizes (7+ gal)

Largest available size for shipping and the most immediate visual impact. ~2year old tree.

Largest Size (15 gal)

Usually starting to produce fruit. ~3 year old tree. Available for pickup only.

Low stock: 3 left

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Florida-grown tropical fruit trees
50+ years combined growing experience
Grafted varieties for earlier fruit
Homestead, FL nursery
What arrives at your door
  • A live tree in the size you selected
  • Nursery container with fertilizer-enriched growing media
  • Protective packaging designed to keep the root ball stable in transit
  • After-delivery support if you have questions once it arrives
Care snapshot
  • Growth: Slow
  • Light: Full sun to partial shade.
  • Mature height: 15-25 ft
  • Mature width: 12-20 ft
  • Lifespan: Long-lived shrub/tree (decades)
Full product details

Coffee Colubrina (Colubrina arborescens)

• Florida Native Hedge & Screen Plant: Coffee Colubrina is a rugged Florida native large shrub or small tree, valued for its dense, clustering growth and glossy dark green leaves with striking yellow veining.

• Handsome Year-Round Texture: New twigs and leaf undersides carry a fine rust-colored fuzz that adds subtle color contrast against the deep green foliage.

• Compact, Tidy Habit: Naturally grows into a dense, rounded form reaching 15-20+ feet, and is easily maintained smaller as a clipped hedge, privacy screen, or specimen tree.

• Low-Litter Fruit: Small capsule fruits split open cleanly when ripe rather than dropping messy debris, making this a great choice for pool decks, patios, and walkways.

• Tough & Adaptable: Once established, this native tolerates heat, drought, and even slightly alkaline or limestone-based soils with ease.

• Versatile Landscape Use: A popular choice for hedges, privacy screens, foundation plantings, and poolside or specimen plantings throughout South Florida.

• Sun & Soil: Performs best in full sun to partial shade in well-drained, sandy soil.

• Native Range: Naturally found from the Miami-Key West area through the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America; hardy in USDA zones 10b-11.

 

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Key Features

Florida native evergreen shrub/small tree with dense, glossy dark green foliage showing striking yellow veining and a rust-colored fuzz on new growth; blooms with small yellow flowers year-round and produces black fruit that attracts birds. Excellent for hedges, screens, and privacy plantings.

Special considerations

Good salt tolerance makes it suitable for coastal plantings; rarely bothered by pests or disease. Small, low-litter fruit makes it a good choice near pools and patios.

Growing and Care Instructions

Coffee Colubrina is a tough, low-maintenance Florida native that tolerates a wide range of soils (sand, loam, clay), salt, and drought. Prune to shape as a hedge or screen, or allow it to grow as a small tree.

  • Fertilizing

    Fertilize lightly in spring and summer with a balanced fertilizer; established plants need little supplemental feeding.

  • Watering

    Water regularly until established; very drought tolerant thereafter.

  • Light Requirements

    Full sun to partial shade.

Type Evergreen flowering shrub/small tree
Lifespan Long-lived shrub/tree (decades)
Growth Slow
Max Height 15-25 ft
Max Width 12-20 ft
USDA Growing Zone 9-11 map showing suitable planting regions

10b-11 Outdoors
(35°F)

★★★★★
11/07/2025
Mark R. Verified

Healthy, full, and worth recommending

I have filled my greenhouse with many kinds of tropical fruit trees over the years.

The trees I received from Everglades Farm were the healthiest, fullest, and best packed I have seen. They arrived with beautiful green leaves, strong branching, and much better packaging than other vendors I have tried.

I highly recommend Everglades Farm and was very impressed with the nursery.

Thank you so much!

Mark R.