These easy-to-care-for plants and flowers will thrive throughout the hot summer months. ... but there are also species native to Florida and come in yellow, red, orange, white and pink.

The cultivar Everest Blue is a tall-growing plant, 20 to 26 inches, that was developed for the cut flower market. Zinnias produce flowers in every color except blue. These flowers are also heat ...

Also called arrowroot because of its edible rhizomes, this 2- to 7-foot-tall perennial bears loose clusters of red, orange, yellow or bicolored flowers nearly year-round.

Sunflowers are easy-to-grow cut flowers that can be grown from seed. If you prefer smaller sunflowers, look for the cultivar Elegance, which only grows 20 to 30 inches tall.

Additionally, compromised or contaminated soils can no longer sequester the carbon needed by plants for survival, which is essential to maintaining manageable CO2 levels in our atmosphere.

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about caring for flame vine, jatropha, orchids, pansies, ... Plant Doctor: Vine with orange flowers climbing over everything in my garden ...

Continuing with our series on Florida butterflies, ... Florida's flying flowers. Naples Daily News. Continuing with our series on Florida butterflies, ... The host plants for the Buckeye ...

More unusual plants that grow in South Florida This will be the third article on unusual plants that do well here but are rarely used in our gardens. So let’s think out of the box for a minute ...