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Horizontal Cocoplum – Chrysobalanus icaco 'Horizontal'

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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.

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  • 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
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Care snapshot
  • Growth: Moderate
  • Light: Full sun to light/moderate shade.
  • Mature height: 18-24 in
  • Mature width: 4-6 ft (spreading)
  • Lifespan: Long-lived perennial shrub (decades)
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Horizontal Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco 'Horizontal')

  • Florida Native Groundcover: Horizontal Cocoplum is a low, spreading cultivar of our native cocoplum, forming a dense, wide-spreading mat that stays between knee and waist height while reaching 6 feet or more across.
  • Glossy Evergreen Foliage: Rounded, leathery green leaves give this shrub year-round texture and a neat, tidy appearance in any landscape bed.
  • Spring Blooms & Fruit: Small, unshowy cream-white flowers appear in late spring, followed by pink-blushed white fruit that is both ornamental and a food source for local wildlife.
  • Tough & Low-Maintenance: Once established, this native plant is drought, wind, and salt tolerant, and adapts to a wide range of soils from dry to consistently moist.
  • Versatile Landscape Use: Its low, horizontal habit makes it a favorite for foundation plantings, dune stabilization, mass groundcover, and low, informal hedges.
  • Sun & Water: Performs best in full sun to partial shade, with average water needs while establishing and good drought tolerance afterward.
  • Cold Weather Caution: Hardy in USDA zones 10a-11; protect from hard freezes, as foliage can be damaged by extended cold below 30F.

 

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Key Features

Florida native groundcover with attractive rounded leaves, small waxy spring flowers, and edible summer fruit that benefits wildlife such as gopher tortoises.

Special considerations

Salt tolerant once established; best propagated from stem cuttings to preserve its low, spreading growth habit.

Growing and Care Instructions

This low, spreading cultivar of native cocoplum stays compact (18-24 inches tall), making it ideal as a groundcover, low hedge, or foundation planting. Avoid pot-bound plants at installation to prevent root problems.

  • Fertilizing

    Fertilize lightly 2-3 times per year during the growing season; tolerates a range of soil pH.

  • Watering

    Water regularly until established; minimal irrigation needed once established.

  • Light Requirements

    Full sun to light/moderate shade.

Type Evergreen groundcover shrub
Lifespan Long-lived perennial shrub (decades)
Growth Moderate
Max Height 18-24 in
Max Width 4-6 ft (spreading)
USDA Growing Zone 9-11 map showing suitable planting regions

10a-12b Outdoors
(32°F (foliage damaged by freezing temperatures))

★★★★★
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.