Wholesale SWFL · Trade Pricing on Request
Japanese Blueberry Tree
Elaeocarpus decipiens
The most popular formal shade tree in SWFL estate design — dense canopy, evergreen, architect-specified.
Availability
Volume supply available in 15G and 25G standard. Short lead times on standard sizes. Confirm large-standard sizing with Tyler.
Trade Sizes
15G · 25G standard
Primary Use Cases
- Estate driveway and motor court canopy tree
- Formal shade tree in courtyard and outdoor room
- Pool surround and entry canopy for residential and resort
Why Contractors Come to Gulfroot
Elaeocarpus decipiens is quietly one of the most-specified trees in SWFL luxury landscape architecture. Fernando Wong and the top South Florida landscape designers use it constantly — it appears in nearly every high-end Architectural Digest and Veranda feature on Naples and Palm Beach properties. It provides a dense, manicured formal canopy that does not exist in native or regional trees at the same scale. Despite this, there is almost no trade-focused online content for Japanese Blueberry at contractor scale. The buyer who searches 'japanese blueberry wholesale southwest florida contractor' finds scattered retail results and nothing trade-focused. Gulfroot carries 15G and 25G standards from Homestead.
SWFL Field Performance
Zone 9b–11. Full sun. Moderate water and drought tolerance. Moderate salt tolerance — best for protected coastal settings rather than direct beachfront. Evergreen with a dense, oval-rounded canopy. Grows to 30–40ft at maturity; maintains as a 15–25ft formal tree with regular shaping. Known for the brilliant red color of individual leaves as they drop one at a time (year-round) — giving the appearance of fall color without a seasonal change. This characteristic makes it highly desirable to landscape architects for formal garden settings.
Direct from Homestead — not through a distributor.
The same plants installed on Naples estate builds by Precision Landscaping & Design.
Gulfroot Trading Co. is a DBA of Rock & Rose Nursery · Alva, FL
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