Florida Native Plants
Native plants are often a good bet for the Florida gardener. A wide range variety could work in your landscape, from vines and groundcovers to shrubs, trees, and palms. Many can serve as good sources of food for wildlife.
Some popular natives in Florida include beautyberry, muhly grass, coontie, and Southern magnolia. Any of these sound familiar? You've probably seen them in your neighbors' landscapes or have them your own.
You can now find many improved selections of your favorite natives. Ask your local nursery what natives they have for the conditions in your landscape. Remember that natives, like all plants, are more likely to thrive when they're planted in the right place. Use them correctly, and your garden should flourish.
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Native Plants on Gardening Solutions
- Bald Cypress
- Beach Sunflower
- Beautyberry
- Black-Eyed Susan
- Carnivorous Plants
- Carolina Jessamine
- Chickasaw Plum
- Coontie
- Columbine
- Coral Bean
- Coral Honeysuckle
- Coreopsis: Florida's State Wildflower
- Cycads
- Fakahatchee Grass
- Firebush
- Florida Maple
- Florida Pines
- Florida Violets
- Florida's Asters
- Florida's Keystone Plants
- Florida's Native Bromeliads
- Florida’s Native Orchids
- Florida's Native Pines
- Florida's Oaks
- Gaillardia
- Gopher Apple
- Gumbo-Limbo Tree
- Liatris
- Live Oaks
- Longleaf Pine
- Muhly Grass
- Native Azaleas
- Native Plants
- Native Trees
- Necklace Pod
- Oak Trees
- Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Passion Flower
- Pawpaw
- Prickly Pear
- Railroad Vine
- Red Buckeye
- Redbud
- Resurrection Fern
- Saw Palmetto
- Sea Grape
- Scarlet Salvia
- Southern Magnolia
- Southern Shield Fern
- Spanish Moss
- Spiderwort
- Star Anise
- Swamp Lily
- Swamp Mallow
- Swamp Sunflower
- Threatened and Endangered Plants
- Walter's Viburnum and Other Viburnum Species
- Wax Myrtle
- Wild Coffee
- Wildflowers for all Seasons
- Wildflowers in the Garden
- Yucca
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