Tick flowers are like tiny sundrops, so it makes sense that they are the official wildflower of the Sunshine State. There are more than 100 different species and cultivars of ticks, but most are bright yellow with a brown ring around the center. Like most wildflowers, they bloom in spring and summer. The USDA has developed “plant hardiness zones” that represent the lowest annual temperatures in an area.
The zones range from 1a (the coldest) to 13b (the hottest). Florida's hardiness zones range from 8a in the northwest to 11a in the southeast. Know the hardiness zone in your area and always make sure that a plant is suitable for your area before buying it. Otherwise, your plants could freeze and die in winter.
Abutilon hulseanum MauveAcer negundo Elderberry, Maple with ash leaf Racer rubrum Red Maple Red Maple Acer saccharinum Silver Maple Acer saccharinum. Floridanum, Florida Maple, Achillea millefolium, Common Yarrow, Coelorraphe Wrightii Paurotis, Everglades Palm, Crostichum danaeifolium, Giant Leather, Fernadiantum Capillus-Veneris, Venus, Fern, Southern Maidenhair, Esculus Pavia, Red, Passion Fruit, Agarist, Agalinis Fasciculata, Beach Shrub, Pipewood, Agarista, Decipiave Agarista, false, sisal, Ageratum maritimum, beach, Cape sabre, white grass, Aletris lutea, yellow colic, rooster root, yellow root, chili pepper, chili pepper, hazelnut, alder, smooth alder, Alvaradoa Amorphoides, Mexican Alvaradoa Ambrosia hispida, coastal ambrosia, bay geranium, melanchier arborea, shade berry, juneberry, juneberry, Morpha fruticosa, false indigo shrub, indigo bastard, amorpha herbacea, cluster, indigo with spikes, indigo shrub, Slimpod, Blue Star, Blue Star, Blue Dogbaneam Sonia tabernaemontana Easter Blum estar, blue dog Amyris elemifera Torchwood, sea torch and Ropogon Big Gerardii Bluestemandropogon glomeratus Bushy blue tremblema Andropogon virginicus Broomsedge Bluestemangadenia berteroi Pineland, pine and golden trumpet Annona Glabra Pond, Cherimoya Aquilegia canadensis Columbine, Eastern Red Columbina, Aralia Spinosa Devil's WalkingStickardisia Escallonioides Marlberry, Marmoleargemone albiflora, White Spiny Poppy, Argemone Mexicana, Yellow Spiny Poppy, Arisaema Dracontium, Dragon Root, Arisaema Triphyllum, Triphyllum jack-in-the-Pulpitaristida stricta WireGrass: Aristolochia tomentosa: Dutch woolly pipe; Viña Pipa, glossum ovatum, oval leaf, Indian plantain, Aronia arbutifolia, red strangulation, Asclepias humistrata, Pine forest milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, pink or swamp Milkweed Asclepias lanceolata red milkweed, few flowered milkweed Asclepias perennis Aquatic Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed Asclepias Tomentosa Velvety Leaf Milkweed, Velvety Leaf Milkweed, Velvety Leaf Milkweed, Asimina Incana Shrub, Papaya Bandera, Woolly Papaya Asimina Obovata Papaya Bandera, Large-flowered Papaya, Scrub Papaya Asimina Parviflora Small-flowered Papaya Asimina pygmea Papaya dwarf, goferbaya asimina reticulata dog- Banana, Papaya in Red Amina Triloba Common Papaya, Banana for Dogs, Banana for Dogs, Indian Banana Asplenium spp. Spleenwortathyrium filix-femina Southern Lady Fernavicennia germinans Black Mangrove. Common native species include hooded pitcher plants (Sarracenia minor) and yellow pitcher plants (Sarracenia flava).
The wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) is a beautiful semi-evergreen wildflower that grows in the central counties of the Florida Panhandle. Fagus grandifolia American Beech Ficus Aurea Strangler FigFicus Citrifolia Wild Banyan Flaveria Linearis Yellowtop Segregated Forester Florida Privet Florida Privet from Florida Fortergilla Milleri Dwarf Witch Alder Frangula Caroliniana Carolina Buckthorn by Carolina Fraxinus American White Ash Fraxinus Caroliniana Pop Water Ash Ash Green Ash Vanilla Ash. Native to scattered parts of the Florida Panhandle, the Stoke aster produces beautiful light blue composite flowers. The Ohio spider (Tradescantia ohiensis) is a charming little perennial wildflower native to North and Central Florida.
Since Florida is their “home,” they have adapted to survive in the local climate and resist local plant pests and diseases. These perennial lilies belong to the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) and are found throughout Central and North Florida. Burr marigolds are prolific plants in the Asteraceae family that thrive in Florida's wetland habitats. Florida has 16 native species of bromeliads, and one of the most interesting is the tuft aerial plant from the West Indies (Guzmania monostachia).
You can let them grow tall and use them as a hedge or windbreak, or you can prune them shorter as an ornamental plant in the landscape. The native grasses that will be used in this layer are wire grass (Aristida stricta), pine seed (Sporobolus junceus) and love grass (Eragrostis spp. Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) is a beautiful flowering vine native to central and north Florida. Before starting my own backyard prairie six years ago, I first visited places where I could see native Florida wildflowers and grasses in a natural setting.
Florida has several beautiful native azaleas, such as the Florida Flaming Azalea (Rhododendron austrinum) and the Southern Pinxter Azalea (Rhododendron canescens). The Florida swamp lily (Crinum americanum) belongs to the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) and thrives in Florida's swamps and wetlands. The prairie will be approximately 2,700 square feet and will include 25 species of wildflowers and grasses native to Florida. .
