Native Florida Wildflowers

This is a blog that celebrates the beauty and diversity of Florida's wildflowers - with a bit of a focus on growing these plants in a home landscape. Some of the wildflowers featured here are grown and sold through Hawthorn Hill Native Wildflower and Rare Plant Nursery. E-mail (Huegelc55@aol.com)or call me (727-422-6583) if there is something you want to see in this blog - or something you wish to purchase.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Vanilla Plant - Carphephorus odoratissimus

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Vanilla plant ( Carphephorus odoratissimus ) is found statewide in a diversity of upland sites.  It is a plant of the Southeastern Co...
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Monday, January 4, 2010

Eastern Smooth Beardtongue - Penstemon laevigatus

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Eastern smooth beardtongue ( Penstemon laevigatus ) is the rarest of our three native beardtongues and occurs in only two Florida counties ...
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White beardtongue - Penstemon multiflorus

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White beardtongue ( Penstemon multiflorus ) is a common wildflower in Florida and found nearly statewide in well-drained upland habitats....
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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Flyr's Nemesis - Brickellia cordifolia

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Flyr's nemesis ( Brickellia cordifolia ) is another very rare Florida wildflower, known to occur in only 5 counties along the Georgia a...
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Scaleleaf Aster Part 2

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I couldn't help posting a few more photos of this wonderful native aster, taken today (December 31) in my Pinellas County landscape.  S...

Fire Pink - Silene virginica

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Fire pink ( Silene virginica ) is the other red-flowered member of this genus that occurs in Florida.  Like its cousin, royal catchfly ( S....

Royal Catchfly 2 - Silene regia - Pink form

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I have published a rather thorough post on this beautiful, but rare Florida wildlfower previously, but wanted to show off some photos of a ...
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This blog is the work of Craig N. Huegel, PhD. I am an environmental consultant and educator who loves plants. Though formally educated as a wildlife biologist, I am an enthusiastic gardener and have studied and worked with plants my entire life. I currently serve as the Director of the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens. Prior to this I taught in the Baccalaureate Biology Program at St. Petersburg College. I have written six books on Florida native plants - the most recent four with the University of Florida Press and I lecture throughout the state on a variety of topics related to plants and wildlife. I use my central Florida landscapes as laboratories to evaluate native plants and we grow a wide variety of species (mostly wildflowers) that are not commonly propagated elsewhere.in order to give us hands-on experience. Hawthorn Hill is not a retail plant nursery, but twice a year, I open my yard to public tours and make my extra plants available to the public. If you are interested in what I am currently growing, please email me for my current list at huegelc55@aol.com or give me a call at (727) 422-6583.
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