One of these days the yard space we are not using for gardening will be a home for all Central Florida native plants, hopefully all grown from local root stock. I have a growing wishlist of grasses, shrubs and flowers. The reason behind native landscaping is really just taking advantage of nature itself, using plants that will survive the dry spring weather and extreme Florida summers without extra care, which means I won't need to use fertilizer or irrigation. With the cold winter we just experienced, many people are left with unsightly brown, rotting trunks in their yard which used to be expensive palm trees. Each of those trees probably cost several hundred dollars, that's one costly mistake I plan to avoid. Native plants will also attract and help support native wildlife, everything from insects to mammals.
Palms and Shrubs
- Needle Palm
- Paurotis Palm
- Yucca
- Coontie Fern *
Flowering Plants
- Hibiscus *
- Azalea *
- Canna Lily
- Crinium Lily
- Zephyr (Rain) Lily
- Bromeliads
- Echinacea (Purple Coneflower, herbal remedy)
- Blanket Flower
- Coral Honeysuckle
- Maypop (Passion Vine)
- Wisteria
2 comments:
Watch the Honeysuckle, Passion Vine, & Wisteria. I've seen these out of control too many times!
Also, I have quite a few plants growing in my backyard nursery that I'll sell you for cheap. :)
Awesome, thanks for the tips! What kind of plants do you have, I am definitely interested!!
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