Thanks to its semi-tropical climate and large size, there is an impressive variety of Florida native plants...over 2,800 species. Florida is the third most floristically diverse state in the US.
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Chrysogonum virginianum 'Pierre'
Item #: 5269
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $20.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Coreopsis palustris 'Summer Sunshine'
Item #: 3802
Zones: 6a to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Cyrilla racemiflora 'Tom Patrick'
Item #: 15627
Zones: 5a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $36.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Dichromena colorata
Item #: 4757
Zones: 7a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Dryopteris x australis
Item #: 3546
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 50" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Dryopteris ludoviciana
Item #: 611
Zones: 6a to 9b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Echinacea purpurea 'Fragrant Angel' PP 16,054
Item #: 5643
Zones: 4a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Erigeron pulchellus 'Meadow Muffin'
Item #: 1547
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Eryngium ravenelii 'Charleston Blues'
Item #: 13008
Zones: 6a to 9b, guessing
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Eupatorium fistulosum
Item #: 1444
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 144" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Eupatorium purpureum 'Baby Joe' PP 20,320
Item #: 9664
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Canada, United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Eupatorium purpureum 'Little Red'
Item #: 5363
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Euphorbia corollata 'Carolina Snow'
Item #: 4316
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Gaillardia aestivalis 'Glitz 'n Glamour'
Item #: 15525
Zones: 7a to 9b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 26" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 05/03/2024Sold out -
Gentiana saponaria 'Rockford'
Item #: 11696
Zones: 6b to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Habenaria repens 'Berkeley'
Item #: 16851
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Harperocallis flava - NOT OUTSIDE NC
Item #: 3146
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Hibiscus aculeatus 'Brunswick'
Item #: 5905
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 05/17/2024Sold out -
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Hibiscus coccineus
Item #: 1215
Zones: 6a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 05/17/2024Sold out -
Hibiscus coccineus 'Swamp Angel'
Item #: 7286
Zones: 6a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hibiscus grandiflorus
Item #: 1120
Zones: 6a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hibiscus 'Pink Teacups'
Item #: 13011
Zones: 6a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $28.00Regular priceUnit price per -
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Houstonia procumbens 'White Clay'
Item #: 13745
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 1" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 05/10/2024Sold out -
Hymenocallis duvalensis 'Apalachicola Angel'
Item #: 17191
Zones: 7b to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $30.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 06/18/2027Sold out
More Information About Florida Native Plants
Thanks to its Gulf Coast climate and large size, there is an impressive variety of Florida native plants...over 2,800 species. Florida is the third most floristically diverse state in the US. Florida native plants include plenty of tropical species but there are also lots of interesting candidates for the temperate garden, particularly those native to the northern oak scrub and pine flatwood regions of the state. Here at Plant Delights Nursery, we have an enormous on-line plant catalog and from it we have created this mini-catalog of Florida native plants.
Florida native plants run the gamut from hardy palms (sabal and rhapidophyllum) and ornamental grasses to herbs and wildflowers. There are a lot of interesting mint relatives in the Sunshine State including garden-worthy members of calamintha, conradina, pycnothymus and monarda. Of course there are some cool bog garden Florida native plants including eleocharis, hibiscus, hymenocallis, and canna. The prairies of Florida provide plenty of cool ornamental grasses such as sorghastrum, panicum, carex, sporobolus and eragrostis. Bulbs and wildflowers are also well represented and include native asclepias, crinum, helianthus, several iris species, lobelia, phlox, stokesia, echinacea, rudbeckia, spigelia, salvia, ruellia, vernonia and the Florida state flower, coreopsis. Some cool woodland Florida native plants include arisaema, dryopteris, thelypteris, trismeria, and osmunda. Plant Delights also carries a few Florida native woody perennials such as erythrina, amorpha, nolina, yucca, and solidago.
Why Plant Florida Native Plants?
Planting Florida native plants is important because many natives are under pressure from over 1,300 species of naturalized foreign plants. Florida's warm and hospitable climate not only draws in retirees but also exotic escapees from other semi-tropical landscapes. You can help preserve the native diversity of Florida by growing Florida native plants in your garden. When you are ready to buy Florida native plants for your garden, check out our online list of Florida native plants for sale.
For a deep dive on native plants, check out our in-depth article on native plants.