When living in Florida, one of the best ways to help the environment while also protecting your property from storm damage is to plant native trees. Florida’s native trees are naturally adapted to the climate and can often withstand hurricane-force winds better than...
The weather in Florida is what we Floridians would consider appropriately chilly now to remind us that Christmas is almost here. Christmas is all about having fun together with the family and making memories for a lifetime. Christmas trees are a huge part of the...
Front yard redesign by Wilcox designer Paul Meyers in the up and coming Old Southeast Neighborhood of St.Pete. The client wanted to remove their lawn in the front that was always a challenge and replace it with Florida Native and Florida Friendly plants! Thank you,...
Elisha Bixler, How's Your Day Honey If you were lucky enough to stop by Wilcox Nursery Saturday, November 2nd you got to experience our first "Fall in Love with Natives" Fall Festival. We were originally planning to do the festival on October 19th but as many of you...
This week in Wilcox's blog post we'd like to shed a little bit of light on an amazing organization that we are proud to be a part of. Native Plant Horticulture Foundation The Native Plant Horticulture Foundation was founded as an offshoot of FANN which you may know as...
We love hearing native plant success stories from our customers! One of our long-time patrons came in today to tell us that the Grayleaf Shrub she purchased back in March and watered in for one week is blooming and happy as ever after she recently returned after being...
Hummingbirds are some of the most desired and sought out backyard birds. These acrobatic flyers can be very entertaining to watch as hummingbirds have many unique qualities and behaviors including hovering and flying upside down. Hummingbirds require nearly half their...
