What you should know about using native Florida plants in your yard
Why should we plant native plants? I’ve talked to people who think Florida is tropical with no variation in plants year-round ...
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SEE HOW: Wakulla County Garden Club plants more native trees in the county
The garden club got a $500 grant from the Florida Federation of garden clubs to to rejuvenate the gardens at Medart Rec Park.
Invasive plants: What harm can they do to people, pets and Florida's natural areas, yards?
First, I want to explain the difference between aggressive and invasive plants. Florida native plants can become aggressive, ...
Want to learn how to plant a Florida garden? There’s a tour for that
Visitors will see six central Palm Beach County gardens filled with native plants during the annual tour this month.
For brilliant foliage, look no further than native trees
Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), a cousin of the magnolia, is absolutely stunning in spring when it’s fragrant, ...
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Are these non-native species Naughty or nice?
The Florida Native Plant Society defines the phrase Florida native plant as “those species occurring within the state boundaries prior to European contact, according to the best available ...
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Inside the grassroots ‘plant rescue ops’ to save Florida’s native species
Enter the concept of plant-rescue ops. Volunteers with the Florida Native Plant Society have dug, moved and transplanted more than 4,800 of the state’s rarest specimens from Castle Hill.
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For brilliant foliage, look no further than native trees
Native trees also support our native wildlife ... Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is a single or multi-trunked tree with white or pink spring blossoms and red fall foliage, reaching 20-40 ...