Wilcox Nursery has spent 2023 focusing on the role of caterpillars in our ecosystem. Much of our focus has been on why and how you can attract butterflies and moths to your garden using native plants. One of the most visible ecological impacts of caterpillars is as a...
Top Four Ways Gardening Improves Mental Health Amongst many other treatments, activities, and connections, gardening has been shown (1) to have a number of mental health benefits. Anecdotally, I always find that working with my hands and caring for a living thing to...
Gardening for Birds using Florida Native Plants To attract birds to your yard, think about creating a habitat with food, shelter, and water to meet the needs of both nesting and migratory birds. Building an ecosystem rich with plant and animal life will attract a...
Beach Creeper Ernodia littoralis Beach Creeper, Golden Beach Creeper, Golden Creeper, Beach-Creeper Shop Here Golden Beach Creeper should be a...
Wilcox Plant Toughness Scale Welcome to Wilcox Nursery and Landscape's plant toughness scale where we will grade retail plants on a scale of 1-10 on their establishment success in the landscape. A grade of 1 will be the toughest plants to establish and a grade of 10...
Southern Live Oak Quercus virginiana Southern Live Oak, Live Oak, Oak Tree Shop Here The majestic and iconic Southern Live Oak. If you have set...
Spiny Black Olive Terminalia molinetii Spiny Black Olive The Spiny Black Olive is a lesser known native of South Florida documented in the wild of Lee and Miami-Dade Counties. Other than some historical documentation of wild specimens, there is very little information...
