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.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Wood Spurge - Euphorbia commutata

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Wood spurge ( Euphorbia commutata ) is a member of the Euphorbia family and quite rare in Florida. It is reported from only two counties in...

Mountain Spurge - Pachysandra procumbens

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Mountain spurge ( Pachysandra procumbens ) is exceedingly rare in Florida, being found only in calcareous woodland habitat in Jackson County...

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Mayapple - Podophyllum peltatum

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Mayapple ( Podophyllum peltatum ) is one of several northern species which finds its southern terminus in a few special places in north Flor...

Underwood's Wakerobin - Trillium underwoodii

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Underwood's wakerobin ( Trillium underwoodii ) is found in the understory of hardwood hammocks throughout much of the eastern half of th...

Friday, March 26, 2010

Spotted Wakerobin - Trillium maculatum

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One of Florida's other four spectacular trilliums is spotted wakerobin ( Trillium maculatum ). This species has much the same distribut...

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Chattahootchie River Wakerobin - Trillium decipiens

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Chattahootchie River wakerobin ( Trillium decipiens ) is one of the most unique of Florida's four native trilliums. In Florida, it is o...

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Curtiss' Milkweed - Asclepias curtissii

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Curtiss' milkweed is an extremely rare endemic species, listed as endangered by the state and confined to deep excessively well-drained ...

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Hawthorn Hill: 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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