Plants

This is a list of plants I've run across in my yard and surrounding areas...

NATIVE
-Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) - majestic tree in backyard
-Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) - back corner of yard (? how many)
-Bald Cyprus (Taxodium distichum) - front yard, 3, want to move 2 of them
-Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) - birds, part shade to shade, planted in front yard
-Red Maple (Acer rubrum) - Large tree in front yard, smaller trees along ditch
-Saw Palmetto (serenoa repens) - back corner of yard
-Silver Saw Palmetto (serenoa repens) - saw palmetto variety, two in front yard
-Yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria) - planted in back corner of yard, red berry
-Dahoon holly (Ilex cassine) - planted in back corner of yard
- 'Little Gem' Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
-Arrow-wood (Viburnum dentatum) - shrub, bluebird*, 3 planted by ditch 6-8 ft tall, shade to sun, moist soil
-Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) - for butterflies/birds, 6-12 ft
-Crabapple (Malus angustifolia) - for mammals, part-shade, moist, give plenty of space 12-36 ft, spreads out, full sun









-Rice Button Aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum) - small white flowers, perinnial, fall blooms
-Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) - Many in flower garden and by cuttings
-Ox Eye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) - in center garden, perennial, native to US, prairies, collect seeds


NON-NATIVE
-Firespike (Odontonema cuspidatum) - have in yard by porch, propagated easily by cuttings/division, no seeds?
-Bigleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) - cuttings from softwood/semi-hardwood, blooms in summer
-Brazilian plume (Justicia spp.) - next to the firespike along the back porch.
-Bleeding heart (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) - vine that dies back in winter, regrows on white trellis.  











-Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha)












-Gardenia (Gardenia augusta) - side of house
-Plumbago (Plumbago auriculata)
-Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) - Tried starting in water and growing inside, doing better outside under some shade. Invasive in tropical areas with no frost.
-Eureka Lemon Tree  - Plant high, not a deep hole
-Lantana - bushes for butterflies
-Angel Trumpets (Brugmansia)
-Boxwood bushes - removed for flowerbed
-Camellia (Camellia japonica)
-Amaryllis
-Vanda Orchid - don’t disturb roots, move from one basket to a larger size.  In hanging pot
-Phalaenopsis orchids
-Spider Orchid (Brassia Maculata) - divided 1 large orchid into 3
-Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) - along chain-link fence at school

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Seven Sisters Roses
-Pink Jacobinia (Justicia carnea)
-Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas) -

-Variegated Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense 'Variegata') - by back bathroom


PESTS
-Crabgrass 











-Dollarweed


INVASIVE












Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense)
Coral ardisia (Ardisia crenata)

-Crotalaria spectabilis - escaped cultivation as a cover crop














Grew in South Florida
-Yellow Tabebuia
-Seven Sisters Roses

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