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The hybrid verbenas are a group of short-lived perennials that are typically grown as annuals. Prized for their vibrantly-hued blossoms, available in a rainbow of jewel-like colors, these hybrids also come in a variety of forms. Many are low-growing and trailing in habit and used for groundcover and container plantings in Zones 5-10. Click here to read more about verbena hybrids.
Plant Type Lists
Floridata categorizes each species by assigning each one or more "type" pages. Here are a few examples of recent updates. See the Plant Tag Lists page for the complete set or select from this menu:
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Feature Lists
Floridata has a standard set of Feature Tags, each represented by an icon that signifies a particular attribute, characteristic or use. Display a list of plants with a particular attribute by clicking these icons or selecting from this menu:
 Edible Plants
Herbs, vegetables and fruits - click this icon to display a list of all 125+ plants in Floridata with parts suitable for human consumption:
 Butterfly Plants
Click this icon to display a list of plants that serve as nectar and larval food sources for butterflies - like this one:
 Drought Tolerant Plants
This icon identifies plants that require little or no supplemental watering and are tolerant of dry conditions like:
 Fall Foliage Plants
This icon identifies plants that produce colorful fall foliage displays like:
 Indoor Plants
This icon identifies plants that grow well indoors in the home and office where they provide numerous benefits in addition to being beautiful.
 Medicinal Plants
This icon identifies plants that are, (or have been in the past) used to cure disease and to promote health and healing:
 Plants that Attract Birds
This icon identifies plants that provide food, shelter and nesting sites for birds:
The gallberries (aka inkberries) are ripening out front where they are an important food source for birds and wildlife around here. Click here to download a a large version of these gallberries on the bush.
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Resources & Articles
In addition to Plant Profiles and Lists, Floridata features articles and other resources. Look for new pictures, pages and updates in this section.
Picture Gallery
In a part of my yard that I call "The Hill" I have a bunch of 'Natchez' crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) trees. In fall they shed their old gray bark to reveal a fresh cinnamon-colored layer of new bark. They look really sharp set against the other, mostly bluish-leafed plants around them like blue China fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) in the foreground, upper right and the blue deodar cedars (Cedrus deodara) and pindo palms (Butia capitata) in the background. Click to download a large version (800x600) of this image.
The firethorn Pyracantha coccinea shrub growing out near Jack's mailbox is fairly aflame in fruit at this time of year.
Download a large version of these beautiful berries to display on your desktop.
Every November I become nostalgic about past turkeys (pets, not dinners). A couple of years ago my neighbor had two Broad-breasted Bronze turkeys who became know as Mary Kate and Ashley. Ashley was killed by a varmint and Mary Kate disappeared shortly afterward but neighborhood legend has it that she joined up with a local flock of wild turkeys after meeting a cute tom. That's good for her but I miss her visits - she always came over to check out what I was doing... Click here to download a large version (800x600) of Mary Kate watching me pull weeds.
Other names for this delicious citrus species are called mandarins and tangerines (Citrus reticulata). I was surprised to discover that my tree in the back still had a few (3) fruits on it this year. Several big storms blew much of the fruit off and large tree limbs fell on it so having any fruit is a treat. Click to download a large version of (800x600) this image.
Click here for links to Ray's plant and gardening articles like:
Ray introduces his favorite perennial flowers for the wildflower meadow. Click here to read.
I heard from Bruce last week, he's busy doing a second book on the plants of the Hawaiian Islands. His first book on the topic has undergone a revision and is being reprinted. So my congratulations to Bruce! Follow these links to some of his articles on the topic here at Floridata.
Mo‘omomi Dunes, Moloka‘i
Although one of the smaller of the Hawaiian Islands, Moloka‘i incorporates a rural life style all but vanished from the larger islands and a quiet beauty of its own. Its nickname, The Friendly Isle, could not be more apt. Click here for a botanical tour of this uniquely beautiful island.
Other articles by Bruce include:
Dubautia — A Study in Diversity
Hawaiian Sandalwood - A Shameful History
Hawaiian Silversword
Iliau—Kaua`i’s Silversword
Lava Life
Rare Delights of Hawaii
The Transplanted Gardener
The (Almost) Ghost Orchids of Clay County: A few weeks ago Ginny went on a field trip with her local chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society and the Florida Native Orchid Society to a site in south Clay County to view some native orchids that were in bloom. Read how these lovely orange-fringed orchids almost became ghosts like so much of Florida's native plant populations. Click to read article.
Congratulations Ginny!
Floridata profiles plants for all climates and conditions but the state of Florida is our home and Ginny Stibolt writes Floridata's Transplanted Gardener columns just for gardeners in our state. So I'm very happy to congratulate her on the publication of her new book, Sustainable Gardening for Florida, by University Press of Florida. Florida gardeners really can make a difference, one yard at a time, by following her 8 steps to sustainability.
 Link to Floridata!
Enhance your web pages - use the Plant1 "Get Link" link in the title area of the Plant Profiles and the system will create a snippet of HTML that contains a botanical name and link to that Profile. Click here for more info.
Floridata's Daily Plant
Here's another of Floridata's gadgets - it serves up a new plant for you each day. Add our Daily Plant gadget to your Google homepage - just click the "+ Google" button below!.
By "adopting" Plant Profiles these businesses are helping Floridata grow. Here are links to their sites and to some of the profiles they are sponsoring this year. I thank them for their support and hope that you will visit and shop. ~Jack
garden lilies (Lilium hybrids)
tulips (Tulipa spp.)
Leyland cypress (Cupressocyparis Leylandii)
red maple (Acer rubrum)
river birch (Betula nigra)
Knockout Rose (Rosa Radrazz)
nandina (Nandina domestica)
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