Walter’s Viburnum is a Florida native with several cultivars including dwarfs, shrubs and tree forms that can be a beautiful addition to any landscape. There are different cultivar forms available including several dwarf forms. These cultivars can be grown upright, spreading or compact, with shorter heights. You have to know the original source of the plant material to determine the final height and width of the plant. Your local nursery will be able to inform you about the characteristics of their variety of Walter’s viburnum plant. (more…)
Wilcox Nursery and Landscape is proud to present the 2018 Eco Fest on April 14th 2018. This event is to support the Native Plant Horticulture Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The event is free and open to the public but anyone who makes a donation to the NPHF will receive instant discounts on purchases during the event (proof of donation required via receipt). Selva’s Superfoods food truck will be on site and there will be vendors and exhibits for guests to enjoy as well. (more…)
The Coontie is real special because it is Florida’s only native cycad. Cycads are considered among the most ancient of all plants and are often referred to as living fossils. The cycad plant family is often confused with palms and ferns but they all have a central trunk topped with a whorl of leaves. But while ferns have spores and palms have flowers that graduate into seed fruit, cycads are Gymnosperm that produce cones. Coontie is a woody plant with a thick, soft stem that appears like a trunk but it is mostly made of storage tissue and negligible true wood tissue. The other thing that makes Coontie special is that it is the sole larval food for the Atala butterfly.
Coontie has historically been an important starch source to Native Americans and early settlers. The city of Ft. Lauderdale was given rise to thanks to an early industry around the harvest of Coontie. (more…)
It’s important to know which plants are at risk during frosty or freezing weather. Check out this infograhpic for more information to see if your plants are at risk.
Fakahatchee Grass (tripsacum dactyloides), alternately also referred to as Eastern Gamagrass, is an extremely popular Florida native ornamental grass. This grass is evergreen in sub-tropical areas and has bright green blades with a serrated edge. They grow in rounded clumps reaching 5-6 feet in height and 4-6 feet wide in Florida. There is also a Dwarf Fakahatchee Grass (Tripsacum floridanum) which can reach heights of around three feet. (more…)
