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.

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Small Butterwort - Pinguicula pumila

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Flower Aptly named, small butterwort ( Pinguicula pumila ) is a very diminutive member of this semi-carnivorous plant genus. Occurring ...

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Wavyleaf aster - Symphyotrichum undulatum

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Wavyleaf aster ( Symphyotrichum undulatum ) is one of 27 species in this genus native to Florida. It is vouchered from most counties in no...

Monday, November 11, 2019

Hartwrightia - Hartwrightia floridana

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Flowers close-up Flower stalk Hartwrightia ( Hartwrightia floridana ) is a state-threatened species found throughout various cou...

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Low Rattlebox - Crotalaria maritima

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Low rattlebox ( Crotalaria maritima ) is often considered to be a variant of the common rabbitbells ( C. rotundifolia ), but it is dist...

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Monday, September 23, 2019

Spiked Hoarypea - Tephrosis spicata

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Spiked hoarypeas ( Tephrosia spicata ) is a species with somewhat confused attributes as its flower buds are red, its flowers start out...

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Florida Sunflower - Helianthus floridanus

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The genus Helianthus is aptly named as Helios was the God of the Sun in ancient Greek culture. There are 16 native species of sunfl...

Friday, September 13, 2019

Earred Tickseed - Coreopsis auriculata

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Flower while the plant was still in the pot Foliage of the above, planted in my landscape Native, or not? Earred tickseed ( Core...

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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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