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.

Monday, July 30, 2012

Sandspur/Trailing Ratany - Krameria lanceolata

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This is NOT the sandspur in the grass family, though it does produce a spiny seed ball. Sandspur/Trailing ratany ( Krameria lanceolata ) is ...

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Hairy Leafcup/Bear's-foot - Smallanthus uvedalia (fka Polymnia uvedalia)

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Hairy leafcup or Bear's-foot ( Smallanthus uvedalia ) has undergone several Latin name changes over the years. Until rather rec...

Monday, July 23, 2012

Squarehead - Tetragonotheca helianthoides

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Squarehead ( Tetragonotheca helianthoides ) occurs sporadically throughout the counties of the Florida Panhandle and south down the centra...

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Netleaf Leather-Flower - Clematis reticulata

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Florida is home to 7 species of native Clematis. Netleaf leather-flower ( Clematis reticulata ) is one of the few upland species, ho...

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Man-of-the-Earth - Ipomoea pandurata

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Man-of-the-earth ( Ipomoea pandurata ) is one of a great many morning-glories native to Florida. Most are somewhat aggressive vining herbac...

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Monday, July 9, 2012

Pineland Butterfly Pea - Centrosema arenicola

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Pineland butterfly pea ( Centrosema arenicola ) is one of 3 closely related species in this genus, two of which are difficult to distinguis...

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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Pitted Stripeseed - Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana

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Pitted stripeseed ( Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana ) occurs nearly statewide in Florida and in states immediately to our north a...

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About Me

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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