🌿Free Florida Native Plant Guide🌿

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Florida's state wildflower and one of the easiest native flowers to grow.

• 🌞 Full Sun 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Spring–Summer 
• 🐝 Excellent nectar source for bees and butterflies 
• 📏 1–3 ft tall × 1–2 ft wide

Tall purple flower spikes that attract dozens of pollinators.

• 🌞 Full Sun 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Summer 
• 🐝 Loved by native bees, butterflies, and honey bees 
• 📏 2–4 ft × 1–2 ft

Produces colorful blooms for months.

• 🌞 Full Sun 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Spring–Fall 
• 🐝 Provides pollen and nectar throughout the growing season 
• 📏 1–2 ft × 1–2 ft

 Bright yellow blooms that are easy for beginners.

• 🌞 Full Sun 
• 💧 Low–Moderate 
• 🌼 Spring–Summer 
• 🐝 Great food source for many native bees 
• 📏 2–3 ft × 1–2 ft 

Clusters of soft blue flowers.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Moderate 
• 🌼 Summer–Fall 
• 🐝 Extremely attractive to bees and butterflies 
• 📏 2–4 ft × 2–3 ft

One of the most important fall nectar plants.

• 🌞 Full Sun 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Fall 
• 🐝 Helps bees prepare for winter by providing late-season nectar 
• 📏 2–5 ft × 2–3 ft

Evergreen shrub with fragrant white flowers. Can be trained to be a small tree.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Spring–Summer 
• 🐝 Excellent nectar source 
• 📏 10–20 ft × 8–15 ft 

 One of Florida's best wildlife shrubs.

• 🌞 Full Sun 
• 💧 Moderate 
• 🌼 Spring–Fall 
• 🐝 Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds 
• 📏 5–10 ft × 4–8 ft 

 Known for its striking purple berries.

• 🌞 Part Shade–Full Sun 
• 💧 Moderate 
• 🌼 Spring 
• 🐝 Small flowers provide nectar for native bees 
• 📏 4–8 ft × 4–8 ft

Dense evergreen shrub perfect for privacy.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Shade 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Spring 
• 🐝 Fragrant blooms attract many pollinators 
• 📏 8–15 ft × 6–10 ft

Beautiful glossy foliage for shady landscapes.

• 🌞 Part Shade–Shade 
• 💧 Moderate 
• 🌼 Spring–Summer 
• 🐝 Tiny white flowers are a favorite of native bees 
• 📏 4–8 ft × 4–6 ft

Excellent evergreen shrub or small tree.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Moderate 
• 🌼 Spring 
• 🐝 Provides nectar for bees and berries for birds 
• 📏 15–25 ft × 8–15 ft

One of the best groundcovers for pollinators.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Nearly Year-Round 
• 🐝 Constant blooms feed dozens of native bee species 
• 📏 3–6 in tall (spreads quickly)

Bright yellow flowers almost all year.

• 🌞 Full Sun 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Nearly Year-Round 
• 🐝 Excellent nectar source 
• 📏 1 ft tall × 4–8 ft spread

Soft fern-like foliage with pink puffball flowers.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Spring–Fall 
• 🐝 Popular with native bees and a great lawn alternative 
• 📏 3–6 in tall (spreads 6–10 ft)

A fast-growing coastal groundcover with large purple flowers.

• 🌞 Full Sun 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Spring–Fall 
• 🐝 Attracts bees while helping stabilize sandy soils 
• 📏 6–12 in tall (spreads 20+ ft)

A low-growing native with lavender blooms.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Spring–Fall 
• 🐝 Long bloom season supports native pollinators 
• 📏 6–12 in tall × 2–3 ft spread

Suitable for butterfly gardens as well as naturalistic landscapes and restorations 

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Moist to dry 
• 🌼 Spring 
• 🐝 Provides nectar for bees and but is a larval host for Northern cloudywing and Long-tailed skipper butterflies.  
• 📏 3–12’ long 

A beautiful native magnolia with creamy white, lemon-scented flowers.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Moderate 
• 🌼 Late Spring–Summer 
• 🐝 Large fragrant flowers provide pollen for native bees and beetle pollinators. 
• 📏 10–20 ft tall × 10–15 ft wide

One of the first trees to bloom each spring with vibrant pink flowers.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Low–Moderate 
• 🌼 Late Winter–Early Spring 
• 🐝 An important early-season nectar source for bees emerging after winter. 
• 📏 15–25 ft tall × 15–25 ft wide

 Covered in fragrant white blossoms before the leaves emerge.

• 🌞 Full Sun 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Late Winter–Early Spring 
• 🐝 One of the earliest nectar sources available for pollinators. 
• 📏 12–20 ft tall × 12–20 ft wide 

 A hardy native tree that also serves as a host plant for Giant Swallowtail butterflies.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Spring 
• 🐝 Small flowers attract native bees while the tree supports butterfly life cycles. 
• 📏 10–20 ft tall × 10–15 ft wide

 An attractive evergreen with small white flowers and bright red berries.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Low 
• 🌼 Spring 
• 🐝 Bees gather nectar from the abundant spring blooms; birds enjoy the berries. 
• 📏 15–25 ft tall × 8–15 ft wide

A stunning ornamental tree covered with delicate white fringe-like flowers.

• 🌞 Full Sun–Part Shade 
• 💧 Moderate 
• 🌼 Spring 
• 🐝 Fragrant blossoms attract a wide variety of native bees and butterflies. 
• 📏 12–20 ft tall × 12–20 ft wide