Unusual & Old Favorite Plants for South Florida - Miami-Dade ...
Unusual & Old Favorite Plants for South Florida - Miami-Dade ...
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<strong>Unusual</strong> & <strong>Old</strong> <strong>Favorite</strong> <strong>Plants</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>South</strong> <strong>Florida</strong><br />
Adrian Hunsberger<br />
Urban Horticulture Agent<br />
University of <strong>Florida</strong>/<strong>Miami</strong>-<strong>Dade</strong><br />
County Extension
Sunflower<br />
(Helianthus annuus)<br />
- 3-9’ tall<br />
- blooms summer - fall<br />
- can grow in winter<br />
- can be thirsty<br />
- grow in masses<br />
- may need support
Gazania<br />
(Gazania rigens)<br />
- 6-12” tall<br />
- red, yellow, white,<br />
pink, orange<br />
- likes hot temps
Statice (Limonium sinuatum)<br />
- summer, fall<br />
- good dried flower<br />
- various colors<br />
- up to 18” tall
Begonias
Bulbine frutescens<br />
Bulbine<br />
Liliaceae Family
Fire bush<br />
Hamelia patens
Angel’s trumpet<br />
Datura arborea
Plumbago<br />
Plumbago auriculata<br />
P. indica
Red cloak<br />
(aka Brazilian<br />
red cloak)<br />
Megaskepasma<br />
erythrochlamys
Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
Rosemary<br />
(Rosmarinus<br />
officinalis)
Tahitian Bridal Veil<br />
(Gibasis geniculata)
Salvia
Bromeliads
Silk Floss Tree<br />
(Chorisia speciosa)
Golden shower tree<br />
(Cassia fistula)
Dombeya x 'Seminole'<br />
Dombeya x cayeuxii
Mussaenda<br />
‘Queen Sirkit’
Erose mussaenda<br />
Mussaenda erosa<br />
Buddha's Lamp<br />
Mussaenda pubescens<br />
Ashanti blood, red flag shrub<br />
Mussaenda erythrophylla
Thryallis<br />
Galphimia gracilis
Dwarf schefflera<br />
Schefflera arbicola
Apple blossom cassia<br />
Cassia javanica
Lancepod, tropical lilac<br />
Lonchocarpus violaceus
Crown of thorns<br />
Euphorbia milii
Fire cracker<br />
Russelia equiseti<strong>for</strong>mis
Mexican bush sage<br />
Salvia leucantha
Portulaca, moss rose<br />
Portulaca grandiflora
Spathoglottis<br />
'Purple Grape'<br />
orchid<br />
Ground orchids
Epidendrum radicans
Vera wood, bulnesia<br />
Bulnesia arborea
Shrimp plant<br />
Pachystachys lutea<br />
Justicia brandegeana
African iris<br />
Dietes bicolor (Moraea bicolor)
Sky vine<br />
Thunbergia grandiflora
Calico flower, Dutchman's pipe, pipe vine<br />
Aristolochia elegans
Passion vines
- Foliage -
Dusty miller<br />
(Senecio cineraria)
Wandering jew (Tradescantia zebrina )
Peperomia<br />
(Peperomia<br />
obtusifolia )
Purple queen (Tradescantia pallida ‘Purple Queen’)
Coleus
Ornamental “grasses”
Eragrostis elliottii<br />
Love grass
Bamboo muhly grass, hair<br />
grass (Muhlenbergia dumosa )
Pink Muhly Muhlenbergia<br />
capillaris
Dwarf<br />
mondo<br />
grass<br />
Mondo grass<br />
Ophiopogon japonicus
Bulbous plants
Amaryllis
Rain lilies
Blue flag iris<br />
Iris versicolor
Tropicals
Gingers
Pine cone ginger<br />
Zingiber zerumbet<br />
Costus barbatus
Crepe<br />
Ginger<br />
Costus<br />
speciosus
Peacock ginger<br />
Kaempferia pulchra
Canna
Bat flower<br />
Tacca<br />
chantrieri
Heliconias
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