Florida Landscape Plants Red

Buttonwood conocarpus erectus is a drought tolerant florida native plant with leaves.

Florida landscape plants red.

Wispy ornamental grasses are versatile plants in any landscape that can provide four seasons of interest. Florida has over 4 000 species of plants notes the university of florida. 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. They look very similar and have almost identical landscape uses so we ve grouped them together here.

The following list includes many but not all excellent red options for the florida landscape. Grow this drought tolerant shrub in full sun or partial shade. The crown of thorns is a beautiful plant. These colorful foliage plants come in almost endless varieties and provide colors like pink cream bronze lime green and red to areas with some shade.

Some plants can easily handle being in florida s sun all the time. Natives long time residents learn more about plants you have and window shop for new ones. Newbies discover new to you plants and how to grow them in sandy soil and blazing sun. Citrinus lemon bottlebrush also referred to as red bottlebrush c.

You ll find zone 9 plants as well as those for zone 10 florida shrubs palms. These plants grow well in all parts of florida zones 8 10. Annual flowers and foliage. Because native plants are already adapted to the environment they re less prone to disease and pests.

It s a cactus like plant that produces small red flowers. Read this article to learn more about plant care for buttonwood. These landscape plants can be used as stunning hedge accent or small tree. Though they re in different plant families both are easy care plants.

The name bottlebrush is often used to describe plants with various showy flowers resembling a bottle brush. Low maintenance landscape plants for south florida. The plant pages give you all the basics and then some. Draws the eye with its orange red tubular.

Snowbirds find easy going plants that can thrive with only part time care. It also leads the united states in having the most native plants used for home landscape purposes according to the inside track almanac. Both with red flowers. Two of the most frequently seen in the florida landscape are c.

It grows to be about 3 ft tall. While it can be found in shades of green pink red and maroon there are many red options to bring vibrant color to both sunny and. Coleus is a heat tolerant and durable annual prized for its colorful foliage. Native to florida this plant offers orange red blossoms throughout the year with abundant flowering in the summer firebush is fast growing and can attain a height of 10 15 feet.

Jody haynes john mclaughlin laura vasquez and adrian hunsberger. The silver form is popular for the foliage color and contrast.