Littoral Shelf
A littoral is a Florida-native plant that is used to being flooded part of the year. There are many species of littorals- some preferring to be under water one month per year, while others can grow completely submerged their entire life. These plants grow and colonize along lake, pond, river, and canal shorelines. Their roots hold dirt and rock in place which prevents erosion from rising and falling water levels. There are both fresh water and salt water littoral species.
Benefits:
- Natural-looking
- Produce beautiful blooms which can attract butterflies
- County municipalities encourage them to be planted
- Hold in the shoreline, preventing erosion
- Benefit the overall health of lake and pond ecosystems and water quality
- Eliminate contaminants in the water and produce oxygen
- Fulfills compensatory planting guidelines when installing hardened shoreline in other areas
Downsides:
- Does not provide immediate erosion control
- Lake maintenance company must be capable of leaving healthy littorals alone while spraying unwanted exotics (we are not a maintenance company unfortunately)
Why choose us to plant your littorals:
- We use only rooted, healthy littoral plants. Not tiny cuttings.
- Our plants are pre-treated with a proprietary formula for immediate establishment
- Full colonization is usually achieved in 18-24 months
- Replacement warranty
- We are licensed landscape contractors in Lee, Collier, and Charlotte with horticulturists on staff
- We also have a state-registered nursery in which we propagate our own natives and hybrids
Call us today to find out if a littoral shelf is the right solution for your shoreline erosion (239) 560-6923
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If you choose to go with geo trash bags or polyethylene containment systems (which are also made out of trash bag material) on your shoreline, this picture is a good example of the final product. The crazy thing is... these bags were installed behind homes worth as much as $14million in a prominent community in Naples, FL. If you paid that much for your house and saw these trash bags lining the shoreline of your beautiful lake, how would you feel?
In order to save money, a prominent community in the heart of Naples, FL hired a contractor to install poly containment systems on their shorelines instead of our Hybrid Shell SystemTM. After realizing how incredibly awful the bags looked (not to mention sod will not grow on them), the contractor agreed to dump some shell on top of them to hide their ugliness. The result was even worse. And the littoral plantings below the bags are already half dead and look just as bad. DON'T GET FOOLED INTO INSTALLING POLY BAGS ON YOUR SHORELINE!
These geotubes were installed in north Bonita Springs, FL just 6 MONTHS AGO by Dragonfly (who has since shut down their Southwest Florida operations). In fact, the HOA members tell us that they were paid to install littoral plantings but never did. They just shut down and left the state! The tubes are now exposed, failing, and look awful. The HOA members like our all-natural erosion control products and are quoted as saying "I wish we knew about Seabreeze 5 years ago!"
