NATIVE PLANTS and Non-Pest Exotics for Florida Landscapes
Hope you enjoy some pictures of some of the Best shrubs and vines for South Florida Landscapes. Many are native plants, others are non-invasive, non-pest exotics which offer nectar through their flowers to local butterflies and overwintering hummingbirds. Some of the best roses are antique chinas and hardy humidity tolerant teas. Many of the flowering plants have wonderful scent or provide fruit or seeds for local bird habitat.
Natives: AMERICAN BEAUTY BERRY

Below: Dwarf Powder Puff, a butterfly and hummingbird attractant.

Below: Pink Powder Puff, a Monarch butterfly magnet.

Below: Antique Roses are great for south Florida gardens and perform so much better than many hybrid Tea roses - Butterflies go for this one.

Photo Below- Perennial Peanut is a super ground cover which works well to replace grass, forming a low growing mat which doesn't require mowing.

Below - Dioone edule is a showy Cycad, which isn't hasn't been under attack by scale like the Sago has in my garden and others where we have planted it.

Photo Below- White Geiger, a Texas native is a very real show off when in bloom.

Photo Below - String Lily

Photo Below - Spider Lily

Photo Below - Cape Honeysuckle - nectar from these bright orange flowers provide winter nectar for hummingbirds and butterflies.

Photo Below: Brazilian - Star flower

Photo Below: Showy Apostle Iris

Photo Below: Bouganvilla for a riot of color

Below:Walking Iris and Firshtail Fern to left.

Photo Below: Purple Firespike, a wonderful winter bloomer which provides nectar to hummingbirds and butterflies.

Photo Below: Glorious beautiful Queen's Wreath below is a wonderful woody vine which can also be grown as a shrub or hedge.

Photo Below - Butterfly host and nectar: Cassia surratensis

Photo below are of some delightful non-natives plants suitable for South Florida Landscapes:

Photographs below are of some high performing Roses suitable for south Florida Landscapes: No sprays are needed on these Louis Phillip roses. They are tolerant of high humidity and disease and pest free. These roses are antique heritage china roses.

Photo Below antique rose and African Iris are a welcoming dooryard garden.

Photo Below: More antique roses:

This list of plants is by no means inclusive or exclusive. We plant
and use a wide variety of quality plants and trees. This list is small
trees and plants now on sale. Supplies are limited.
Plants marked
with ^ are hummingbird attractors. Plants marked with * are butterfly
attractors. Plants marked with ** are butterfly hosts. Plants marked
*** are bird attractors. Special Orders and Delivery are available.
All plants are natives or non-pest, desirable exotics.
Here are some of the plants we like and can provide. We work with growers of natives and non-pest exotics and can special order hard to find plants. Email us at the contact us page for a current list or to ask about particular plants or trees you are looking for. Delivery available
Paurotis Palm
Cassia Tree
Florida Thatch Palm
Apple Blossom Cassia
Gumbo Limbo Tree
Powder Puff Tree
Dahoon Holly
Clusea Tree
White Geiger Tree
Orange Geiger
Hong Kong Orchid
Anglel's Trumpet
African Tulip Tree
Powder Puff shrub
Passion Vine
Dutchman's Pipe Vine
Firebush
Blue Sky Vine
Japanese Honeysuckle/Coral Honeysuckle
Flame Vine
Locustberry
Myrcine Guianensis
Scaevola
Duranta Repens
Yellow Elder
Cape Honeysuckle
Dessert Cassia
Necklace pod
Bay Cedar
Wild Coffee
Beauty Berry
Dyschoiste
Coontie
Fistail Fern
Railroad Vine
Iris
Rain Lilly
Ruellia
Mimosa
Epidendrum
Porter Weed
Thryalis
Night Blooming Jasmine
Firespike
Milkweed
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