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Common Name | Mandevilla splendens, alice Du Pont, allamanda Mandevilla is native to Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America and South America. They are known because of their spectacular flowers that grow in warm climates. Mandevilla can come in a variety of color...

Common Name | Gardenia Jasminoides Gardenia is a genus of about 142 known flowering species. A little known fact of the Gardenia genus is that it is part of the coffee family, Rubiaceae. The evergreen shrubs and small trees have leaves that are opposite or in whorls of three or...

Common Name | Shrub Verbena Lantana is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to the American tropics. Attract butterflies to your garden with the bright yellow, orange and red Lantana plant flowers. Lantana, also known as shrub verbena,...

Common Name | Duranta Erecta, Geisha Girl, Sweet Memories, Pigeon Berry, or Golden Dewdrop Duranta has a beautiful violet  and white flowers that are almost like orchids in their beauty. The Duranta is a rapid growing, dense shrub with small glossy leaves. It blooms the best in...

Common Name | Flamingo Flower and Pigtail Plant Anthuriums are subtropical favorites with varieties growing in such diverse areas as South America and the Pacific. They are perfect as cut flowers or as potted plants in varying sizes. They are popular around Valentine’s Day,...

Common Name | Mandevilla Sanderi Mandevilla is native to Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America and South America. They are known because of their spectacular flowers that grow in warm climates. Mandevilla can come in a variety of color and as climbers they can be...

Common Names | Aloysia Virgata and Tree Verbena Sweet Almond is a very popular flowering plant with an upright woody stem that are clothed with dark green sandpaper leaves and can reach a height of 6′-8′ feet.  The Sweet Almond’s flower is especially fragrant...

Common Name | Fire Dragon, Acalypha Wilkesiana, Copperleaf, Jacob’s Coat, Match-me-if-you-can Acalypha is grown as a houseplant or as an annual outdoors where it’s not hardy. Its oval leaves are splashed with red, green, and yellow and its long, fuzzy flowers are...

Common Names | False Hop or Mexican Shrimp Plant Shrimp Plant is native to Mexico but also has been naturalized in the State of Florida. The flowers which are white extend from red bracts or scales which make it look like a shrimp, hence its name. Though sometimes confused as a...

Common Names | Lonicera The delicious sweet scent of Honeysuckle will fill the garden when this plant is in full bloom. The tubular flowers are a favorite of hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Plant near a patio or deck where the fragrance and the variety of visitors to this...

Common Names | Duranta Erecta, Geisha Girl, Sweet Memories, Pigeon Berry or Golden Dewdrop Duranta has a beautiful violet and white flowers that are almost like orchids in their beauty. The Duranta is a rapid growing, dense shrub with small glossy leaves. It blooms the best in...

Common Names | Gardenia Aimee No other plant expresses the beauty of the South as gracefully as the blossoms of the Gardenia, a genus of about 142 known flowering species. The evergreen shrubs and small trees have leaves that are opposite or in whorls of three or four. The leaves...