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, September 2, 2015

One-flowered Honeycombhead - Balduina uniflora

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While honeycombhead ( Balduina angustifolia ) is ubiquitous throughout Florida in dry uplands, the more diminutive one-flowered hone...

Mohr's Coneflower - Rudbeckia mohrii

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Mohr's coneflower ( Rudbeckia mohrii ) is a near-endemic, found only in a nine-county area of the Florida Panhandle and in a ...

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Grassleaf Barbara's Buttons - Marshallia graminifolia

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Grassleaf Barbara's buttons ( Marshallia graminifolia ) is found throughout much of north and central Florida in moist pinela...

Saturday, August 29, 2015

Mock Pennyroyal - Hedeoma graveolens

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Mock pennyroyal ( Hedeoma graveolans ) is endemic and found only in a seven-county area in and around Apalachicola National Forest i...

Friday, August 28, 2015

Leconte's Thistle - Cirsium lecontei

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Leconte's thistle ( Cirsium lecontei ) is somewhat similar in appearance to the more-widespread Nuttall's thistle ( C. nut...

Friday, August 21, 2015

Tall Milkwort - Polygala cymosa

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Tall milkwort ( Polygala cymosa ) occurs nearly statewide, except the lowest tiers of counties in Florida, in wet prairies, marshe...

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Scalloped Milkwort - Polygala crenata

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Scalloped milkwort ( Polygala crenata ) is found throughout the western Panhandle counties in Florida and in the Southeast Coastal Plain s...

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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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