Low maintenance landscape plants for south florida.
Florida landscape plants names.
Florida has over 4 000 species of plants notes the university of florida.
Many can serve as good sources of food for wildlife.
They re rare and endangered so i should plant only native plants of florida.
Florida native plants are indigenous only to florida.
Some popular natives in florida include beautyberry muhly grass coontie and southern magnolia.
Many natives are common growing in the wild and as landscape plants.
A wide range variety could work in your landscape from vines and groundcovers to shrubs trees and palms.
You ll find zone 9 plants as well as those for zone 10 florida shrubs palms.
Because native plants are already adapted to the environment they re less prone to disease and pests.
Native plants are often a good bet for the florida gardener.
Most are native to other areas as well the caribbean mexico some from all over the southeastern united states and even further north.
The plant pages give you all the basics and then some.
The database contains a list of recommended trees palms shrubs flowers groundcovers grasses and vines developed by university of florida ifas horticulture experts.
Jody haynes john mclaughlin laura vasquez and adrian hunsberger.
The silver form is popular for the foliage color and contrast.
Buttonwood conocarpus erectus is a drought tolerant florida native plant with leaves.
Identify the florida friendly plants including florida native plants that will work in your yard or landscape design.
This publication was developed in response to requests from participants in the florida yards neighborhoods fyn program in miami dade county for a list of recommended low maintenance landscape plants suitable for south florida.
Read this article to learn more about plant care for buttonwood.
It also leads the united states in having the most native plants used for home landscape purposes according to the inside track almanac.
These landscape plants can be used as stunning hedge accent or small tree.