Growing Wildflowers in Your Landscape

Wildflowers give our landscapes year-round interest and provide significant benefits to pollinators. In this upcoming webinar, learn about growing wildflowers in your landscape by learning about site preparation, wildflower selection, and maintaining wildflowers. Resources A Guide to Planting Wildflower Enhancements in Florida https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN... Wildflowers Susceptible to Deer Damage in North Florida https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw360 Native Wildflowers on Roadsides of Central and South Florida https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep138 Common Native Wildflowers of North Florida https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep061 Organizations https://www.wildflower.org/plants/ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Large database of native plants with pictures https://www.fann.org/ Florida Association of Native Plant Growers, help to find availability of any native plants https://www.fnps.org/ Florida Native Plant Society, chapter in most counties, statewide webinars for members https://flawildflowers.org/ Flower Wildflower Foundation, funded by wildflower license plate sales, a lot of educational information on planting, growing, etc of wildflowers http://www.floridawildflowers.com/ Florida Wildflower Cooperative, goal is to produce and supply wildflower seeds. Seeds sold via the website or at Garden Gate Nursery. Sell seeds in bulk for the beautification of roadsides. Sources of Native Plants in Gainesville, Fl area Buying native plants Native plants can be found at many local nurseries such as Blue Star, Garden Gate, Greenhouse, and others. Just ask. Native plant nurseries all with contact on line include: • Natural Treasures in Trenton (Heather, 352-225-1381) • Chiappini Farm & Nursery in Hawthorne • Ornamental Plants & Trees in Hawthorne • Urban Forestry Services in Micanopy • For a specific plant try Fl Association of Native Nurseries https://www.fann.org/ • Online seed sources Florida Wildflowers Growers Cooperative http://www.floridawildflowers.com/abo... • Florida Museum of Natural History in front of Butterfly Rainforest. • Harts Nursery at 441 Farmer’s Market on some Saturdays For a copy of the PowerPoint presentation, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ccIN...