Florida Native Plants vs. Florida Friendly Plants: A Comparison Florida's unique climate and ecosystem provide a rich tapestry of flora that is both beautiful and ecologically significant. When it comes to landscaping in the Sunshine State, homeowners and gardeners...
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Florida Native Plants: The Indestructible Coontie
This plant hearkens back to prehistoric times as the only cycad native to North America. The Coontie is a nearly indestructible plant that you can put almost anywhere. So Zamia integrifolia, also known as the Coontie is a slow-growing...
Common Misconceptions about Florida Native Plants
Hey everyone, welcome back to the nursery. I wanted to do a quick little video today because we hear a lot of things in the nursery, a lot of questions we get asked, but there's a couple of things that come up quite a bit, a lot of...
Florida Native Plant Profile: Wax Myrtle
Florida Native Plant Profile: Climbing Aster
https://youtu.be/jdD9PjcLo2I Presented by: Davis Byrkit Hey guys, welcome back to Wilcox Nursery. So today we're going to talk about one of our most prolific fall-blooming wildflowers. This stuff is called Climbing Aster. It's Symphyotrichum carolinianum. This one is...
Florida Native Plant Profile: Blazing Star
Here is the debut of our YouTube channel! We have our first Native Plant Profile (below), as well as a short intro video about Wilcox Nursery. Go check it out and subscribe, so you don't miss our new videos! https://youtu.be/sZiYg4IKaQo Florida Native Plant Profile:...

Red Admiral Butterfly
This Red Admiral butterfly was flittering and fluttering around the entrance to our back porch as we were closing, what a beautiful specimen! It generally uses a common lawn "weed" called Florida Pellitory that occurs in moist part shade areas, like the back of the...