MASTER GARDENER’S

NATIVE LANDSCAPES

IMPORTANCE OF NATIVES

Wildlife food and cover

Adaptive evolution

Sustainability

SOIL & WATER PH

Municipal Water

Reuse Water

Well Water

DIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HABITATS 18 ecosystems

Flatwoods

82 natural communities Scrub Wetland

Hammock

PLANT PROVENANCE

Plants limited by soils, climate, hydrology

Local ecotypes

The origin or source from which

something comes

Atlas of Florida Trees – Elbert Little

FRINGE TREE

CHIONANTHUS VIRGINICUS

SWEETBAY MAGNOLIA

MAGNOLIA VIRGINIANA

REDBUD

REDBUD (CERCIS CANADENSIS)

BEAUTYBERRY

CALLICARPA AMERICANA

AZALEAS

Rhododendron spp.

Rhododendron canescens

Rhododendron austrinum

Rhododendron minus var.

chapmanii

OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA

HYDRANGEA QUERCIFOLIA

FLORIDA PRIVET

FORESTIERA SEGREGATA

FIREBUSH

HAMELIA PATENS

‘Calusa’®

MYRICANTHES FRAGRANS

SIMPSON STOPPER

SIMPSON STOPPER

MYRICANTHES FRAGRANS

Stoppermint

Ruby Red Tips

Shostopper

SIMPSON STOPPER, DWARF

MYRICANTHES FRAGRANS ‘COMPACTA’

VIBURNUM OBOVATUM

‘Select’

Withlacoochee®

WALTERS VIBURNUM

‘Schillers Delight’

‘Densa’

‘Brite & Tight’™

WALTERS VIBURNUM

YAUPON HOLLY

ILEX VOMITORIA

DOGWOODS

Chilling Hours

Source of plant

stock

Pink and White

SUGARBERRY

CELTIS LAEVIGATA

CORAL HONEYSUCKLE

LONICERA SEMPERVIRENS

Honey Coral™

CAROLINA JESSAMINE

GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS

CLIMBING ASTER

ASTER CAROLINIANA

MUHLY GRASS MUHLENGERGIA CAPILLARIS

CORDGRASS

SPARTINA BAKERI

BLAZING STAR

LIATRIS TENUIFOLIA

ROSINWEED

SILPHIUM COMPOSITUM

DUNE SUNFLOWER

HELIANTHUS DEBILIS

BLANKET FLOWER

GAILLARDIA PULCHELLA

WILD PETUNIA

Native Blue™

RUELLIA CAROLINIENSIS

CARDINAL FLOWER

LOBELIA CARDINALIS

TROPICAL SAGE

SALVIA COCCINEA