Florida Landscape Plants Red

Citrinus lemon bottlebrush also referred to as red bottlebrush c.

Florida landscape plants red.

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. It grows to be about 3 ft tall. Buttonwood conocarpus erectus is a drought tolerant florida native plant with leaves.

Wispy ornamental grasses are versatile plants in any landscape that can provide four seasons of interest. If you are looking for sun loving plants in florida consider these 10 choices. Read this article to learn more about plant care for buttonwood. Snowbirds find easy going plants that can thrive with only part time care.

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. It s a cactus like plant that produces small red flowers. The crown of thorns is a beautiful plant. The silver form is popular for the foliage color and contrast.

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. Both with red flowers. Jody haynes john mclaughlin laura vasquez and adrian hunsberger.

Draws the eye with its orange red tubular. The name bottlebrush is often used to describe plants with various showy flowers resembling a bottle brush. Grow this drought tolerant shrub in full sun or partial shade. You ll find zone 9 plants as well as those for zone 10 florida shrubs palms.

These landscape plants can be used as stunning hedge accent or small tree. 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. Coleus is a heat tolerant and durable annual prized for its colorful foliage. Some plants can easily handle being in florida s sun all the time.

Your location inland or near the coast and in which of the three sections northern central or southern florida you live. These plants grow well in all parts of florida zones 8 10. The plant pages give you all the basics and then some. It also leads the united states in having the most native plants used for home landscape purposes according to the inside track almanac.

Two of the most frequently seen in the florida landscape are c. 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. Low maintenance landscape plants for south florida.

Though they re in different plant families both are easy care plants. Viminalis the weeping bottlebrush.