Want to know how to incorporate native plants into your next meal? Join Davis as he talks about different seasonal Summer natives and how they can be used in everyday cuisine. From Beautyberries to Elderberries, Florida Betony and Creeping Cucumber, we’ll discuss some of the easiest and tastiest natives to be growing, as well as […]
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Florida Native Plants: Mangroves: Most Important Coastal Plants
Hey guys, welcome back. We’re here again at Bonner Park and we’re going to talk about one of our most iconic important but also kind of misunderstood ecosystems, the mangrove ecosystem. So, the mangrove ecosystem actually covers about 469,000 acres, mostly in Central and South Florida. And they’re also responsible for providing nursery habitat for […]
Florida Native Plants: The Florida Privet
Florida privet or Forestiera segregata is a wildlife attracting superstar. So Florida privet can grow about 10 to 15 feet tall and eight to 10 feet wide, will grow in full sun to part shade and is salt and drought tolerant. It flowers all year round with a peak in late winter or early spring […]
Florida Native Plants Profile: Slash Pine
The slash pine, also known as Pinus elliottii is a fast-growing evergreen tree. The splash pine generally in this area is 50 to 60 feet tall and about 30 to 35 feet wide. It likes full sun and part sun environments and can grow in soils as different as loam, sand, or even occasionally wet […]
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 evergreen pom like shrub that grows about three to four feet tall and about three to […]