Carpet the garden in vibrant red, orange, and yellow blooms. Blanket flowers are commonly found covering hillsides and open prairies. They thrive in sunny planting beds and do not require much ...

Looking for front porch plant ideas? These picks thrive in Florida’s sunny weather while adding charm to your home’s entryway ...

Ecovision Landscapes creates native, low-water yards in Southwest Florida using agroforestry and sustainable landscape design ...

A wealth of history and ecology await in South Florida's abundant nature preserves. Experience it firsthand solo or on tours ...

Cane toads in Florida secrete a milky-white toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including ...

Trees provide essential structure while adding their own unique beauty to the landscape. Discover gorgeous flowering trees ...

Tropical sage (Salvia coccinea) is a vibrant Florida native perfect for an island butterfly garden and an interesting ...

It's Florida Department of Transportation policy to avoid, minimize and as a last resort, offset environmental impacts, but plants don't get the same habitat safeguards that animals do. The agency's ...

Bissett and her husband, Bill, have run the Natives Nursery for 43 years. They grow native wildflowers, grasses and shrubs for restoration and wholesale projects.

University of Florida Assistant Professor Raelene Crandall surveyed the area stem by stem in 2018, counting 2,200 blushing scrub balm plants.

Tiny, but mighty. That’s an apt description for many of the species of native plants that start out small — when planted on beach dunes — but grow to provide a critical barrier protecting beaches from ...

And now for the grande dame of iconic plants native to this region: the Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora). This tree definitely has a flair for the dramatic, performing well throughout the ...