As winter gently sweeps into the Sunshine State, you might assume that Florida's vibrant landscapes would lose their luster. However, nature has a surprise in store. Many of Florida's native plants gracefully enter a state of winter dormancy, revealing a different...
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Common Misconceptions about Florida Native Plants
Hey everyone, welcome back to the nursery. I wanted to do a quick little video today because we hear a lot of things in the nursery, a lot of questions we get asked, but there's a couple of things that come up quite a bit, a lot of...
Florida Native Plant Profile: Wax Myrtle
Florida Native Plant Profile: Climbing Aster
https://youtu.be/jdD9PjcLo2I Presented by: Davis Byrkit Hey guys, welcome back to Wilcox Nursery. So today we're going to talk about one of our most prolific fall-blooming wildflowers. This stuff is called Climbing Aster. It's Symphyotrichum carolinianum. This one is...
Florida Native Plant Profile: Blazing Star
Here is the debut of our YouTube channel! We have our first Native Plant Profile (below), as well as a short intro video about Wilcox Nursery. Go check it out and subscribe, so you don't miss our new videos! https://youtu.be/sZiYg4IKaQo Florida Native Plant Profile:...
Red Admiral Butterfly
This Red Admiral butterfly was flittering and fluttering around the entrance to our back porch as we were closing, what a beautiful specimen! It generally uses a common lawn "weed" called Florida Pellitory that occurs in moist part shade areas, like the back of the...
Surfrider Foundation – Ocean Friendly Gardens Program
Now that the dog days of summer are a thing of the past and the snowbirds have started rolling in again, we can take a moment to look back at an amazing event that happened this summer. Those who stuck out the steamy Florida summer had the opportunity to enjoy a truly...