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Scientific name Common Name(s) Region Native or NI Growth Height Spread Soil pH, text. Soil Moisture/ Drought Light Range/ Optimum Salt Comments Strelitzia reginae Bird of Paradise S 10- 11 NN S-M 3-5 2-4 Any High L-N orange/blue striking flowers; pest sensitive; tolerates occasionally wet soil Symphyotricum carolinianum Carolina Aster, Climbing Aster Zamia pumila Coontie, Florida Arrowroot, Florida Zamia NC 8b- 9a NCS 8b- 11 FL FL Med. 1-12 2-4 Slow 1-5 3-5 Any Any Medium High L-N H also known as Ampelaster carolinianus, Aster carolinianus ; lavendar flowers in fall; tolerates but blooms poorly in dry soil; larval food plant for pearly crescent butterfly also known as Zamia floridana ; Florida's only native cycad; seeds and caudex poisonous; sole larval food plant for atala butterfly; pest sensitive; temperatures in low 20s turn foliage brown Zamia furfuracea Cardboard Plant CS 9b- 11 NN Slow 2-5 5-8 Any High H seeds and caudex poisonous; freezes in central Florida and can come back Vines Allamanda cathartica Yellow Allamanda Fast CS 9-11 OK varies varies Any Medium L-N yellow flowers all year; all plant parts are poisonous Allamanda neriifolia Bush Allamanda, Bush Trumpet Fast CS 9-11 NN 5-15 4-10 Any Medium L-N yellow flowers all year; no pest problems; makes an open hedge; plants in shade flower poorly Aristolochia spp. Dutchman's Pipe, Pipevine CS 9-10 FL/ NN Fast 10-15 varies S Medium L-N white/purple flowers in summer and winter; larval food plant for pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor ) and polydamas butterfly (Battus polydamas ) 40
Bignonia capreolata Cross Vine, Trumpet Flower NCS 8-10 FL Fast varies varies Any High M orange flowers in spring Bougainvillea cvs. Bougainvillea CS 9b- 11 NN Fast varies 15-40 S/L High M pink/yellow/orange/white flowers all year, esp. winter spring; freezes in parts of central region; invasive assessment: Bougainvillea glabra assessed as not a problem, others not yet assessed Campsis radicans Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine NCS 8-10 FL Fast to 40 varies Any Medium L-N orange/red flowers in spring-summer Decumaria barbara Climbing Hydrangea, Wood Vamp, Cow Itch Vine N 8 FL Med. 60 varies S/L Medium L-N white flowers in spring Gelsemium sempervirens Carolina Jessamine, Yellow Jasmine NC 8-9 FL M-F 40 20-30 Any Low L-N yellow flowers in late winter to spring; rapid growth when established; no pest problems; very poisonous Hedera canariensis Algerian Ivy, Canary Ivy NCS 8b- 10 OK Fast ½ -1 1-6 Any Medium M watch for aggressive spread to keep contained; no pest problems; rich groundcover in the shade Hedera helix English Ivy NC 8-9 OK Fast 1-2 2-5 Any Medium L-N watch for aggressive spread and keep contained; no major pest problems but watch for scale and Rhizoctonia; poisonous; invasive assessment: not considered a problem, incomplete conclusion in C,S Ipomoea spp. (natives only) Morning Glory NCS 8-11 FL Fast ½ 10-75 Any High M flowers variable; use within a border, can spread easily 41
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A Guide to Florida-Friendly Landsca
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TABLE OF CONTENTS About the FYN Pro
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This FYN handbook provides helpful
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Florida Neighborhoods: Connecting O
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Creating Your Florida-Friendly Yard
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drawing. If you have a sprinkler sy
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Don’t forget to list other landsc
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Florida Yard Tip: Site Analysis To
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Soil Know-How In much of Florida,
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Plant Sorting: To Keep or Not to Ke
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Landscape Design Landscape design c
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Proper Tree Planting Once you deter
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special strapping mechanisms constr
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SAMPLE Watering Schedule To establi
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■ Follow an Integrated Pest Manag
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RIGHT PLANT, RIGHT PLACE Have you e
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Plant Selection Choosing plants is
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Florida Yard Tip:
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■ ■ ■ ■ Visit the library o
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FYN Glossary Box Swale: A swale is
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WATER EFFICIENTLY 12LANDSCAPING PRI
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■ Experiment with gradual reducti
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Florida Yard Tip:
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with appropriate drought-tolerant p
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FERTILIZE APPROPRIATELY At the most
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How much phosphorus and potassium s
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4. Refer to Table 3 (below) to find
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How do I water-in fertilizer? Most
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Fertilizing Palms Palms have differ
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Mulch A mulch layer around trees, s
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attract wildlife 5 LANDSCAPING PRIN
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MANAGE YARD PESTS RESPONSIBLY 6 LAN
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■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Keeping you
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Common Landscape Pests and Their Ma
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Other controls: Spray with horticul
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What About Plant Diseases? Many org
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RECYCLE Landscape maintenance activ
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Florida Yard Tip: Ideal Grass Heigh
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What does heading back do? Produces
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Florida Yard Tip: Reduce Your Pruni
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A great way to supply some of these
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■ ■ ■ Always bury kitchen was
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REDUCE STORMWATER RUNOFF Since the
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proves especially useful to capture
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