Florida's climate is unlike most regions in the United States, presenting homeowners with both unique opportunities and challenges when it comes to maintaining beautiful landscapes. From its tropical and subtropical zones to its seasonal weather extremes, the Sunshine...
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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...
Surfrider Foundation – Ocean Friendly Gardens Program
Now that the dog days of summer are a thing of the past and the snowbirds have started rolling in again, we can take a moment to look back at an amazing event that happened this summer. Those who stuck out the steamy Florida summer had the opportunity to enjoy a truly...