Common Florida Yard Plants

Low maintenance landscape plants for south florida.

Common florida yard plants. Zeezee plant zamioculcas zamiifolia is best known as a houseplant in the north but can be grown as a tropical perennial in florida. Natives long time residents learn more about plants you have and window shop for new ones. Jody haynes john mclaughlin laura vasquez and adrian hunsberger. Snowbirds find easy going plants that can thrive with only part time care.

It grows slowly attracts almost no pests tolerates low light conditions and needs little water. This publication was developed in response to requests from participants in the florida yards neighborhoods fyn program in miami dade county for a list of recommended low maintenance landscape plants suitable for south florida. Newbies discover new to you plants and how to grow them in sandy soil and blazing sun. You ll find zone 9 plants as well as those for zone 10 florida shrubs palms.

Florida s mild winters and warm temperatures make the state a gardener s delight. The database contains a list of recommended trees palms shrubs flowers groundcovers grasses and vines developed by university of florida ifas horticulture experts. In fact many of the state s common trees shrubs and flowering. They re rare and endangered so i should plant only native plants of florida.

Many natives are common growing in the wild and as landscape plants. The plant pages give you all the basics and then some. Florida native plants are indigenous only to florida. Many of the same plants found growing in the northern regions of the state grow in the south.