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, May 27, 2024

Wild Allamanda (Hammock Viper's Tail) - Pentalinon luteum

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Wild allamanda ( Pentalinon luteum ) is a perennial evergreen woody vine native to the southern coastal counties of Florida - from Lee Count...

Friday, April 19, 2024

Last Open House At Hawthorn Hill

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For a good many years, I have been growing wildflowers at my home as a licensed nursery known as Hawthorn Hill. My goal has never been to m...

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Hairy Phlox - Phlox amoena

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Hairy phlox ( Phlox amoena ) is an uncommon native phlox in Florida - vouchered sporadically in extreme north Florida: Escambia and Jefferso...

Gulf Coast Lupine - Lupinus westianus

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Gulf Coast lupine ( Lupinus westianus ) is a short-lived perennial endemic to the western Panhandle counties of Florida and listed as a stat...

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Large-leaved Jointweed - Polygonum smallianum

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Large-leaved jointweed ( Polygonum smallianum ) is a perennial sub-shrub found in scrub habitat within a very restricted range in western...

Bearded Milkvetch - Astragalus villosus

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Photo by Steve Coleman Two p hotos above by Floyd Griffith Bearded milkvetch ( Astragalus villosus ) is an annual member of the legume fam...

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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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