5 Florida Native Wildflowers that Can Keep Your Garden Blooming Year Round!

Looking for Native Wildflowers to add to your Spring Garden. Check out these beautiful blooms that can be added to Florida Friendly Landscape or your classic Florida Native Landscape.
_________
FREE SEASONAL GARDENING GUIDE

WILD FLORIDIAN GARDEN PLANNER
_________
LINK TO VEGEGA RAISED BEDS

10% COUPON CODE
WILDFLORIDIAN
_________
GARDEN TOOLS

MOVING MULCH

DIGGING HOLES

GARDEN GEAR

PRUNING PLANTS

COMPOSTING

HARVESTING

WILD FLORIDIAN GARDEN PLANNER
_________
IN THE KITCHEN

FILMING EQUIPMENT
________
SUPPORT

DISCLAIMER: This video and description contain affiliate links. As an affiliate associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
_________
CONNECT

[Sunjoy]

That was amazing you got an armadillo on camera...he looked so chill 😂

[wildberryhomestead]

Oh wow! I had no idea blanket flower was no longer considered native. I used to teach classes for Sea Turtle Conservancy and my wildflowers class focused on it and the dune sunflower. They are so crucial here on the east coast for protecting our dunes and helping hold them in place.

[oreopaksun]

When I saw the first butterfly of the year (for me) I did a happy dance, and thought of you. I don't have much going except for bolting brassicas outside, but even that seems to draw bees and butterflies. Can't wait until some of my native wildflowers get to size.
Loved the shot of 2 monarch caterpillars chowing down. And the armadillo....hope he's on grub patrol, not on some scouting foray into your vegetables.

[lesliekendall]

Trivia on spiderwort:. Radiation exposure makes the stamens turn bright pink.

[mwnemo]

Spiderwort blooms fantastically in semi shade or full sun in wetter locations.

[sandrabeck]

I brought home a tropical sage plant, it got set out in an odd place and forgotten?. I found it dead brown and crispy a week later. A couple months later there were little plants coming up everywhere in the lava rock! I now have red (original plant was red ) salmon pink, white and pale pink. All from one plant.

[sunshinejenny]

Great to see your video once again! Thank you! Awesomeness.

[gregbishop]

I need to hire you to come tell me what to plant and where at my house!

[BackyardFlorida]

I have blanket flower too. I was disappointed when I found out it wasn't native. I bought it down at Sweetbay nursery in Parrish, Florida about a year ago. It was represented as native. Oh well, still pretty. I think I'll leave it where it is too.

[lindapedersen-hylka]

I've started a native flower garden. I've planted Giant Ironweed, Blackeyed Susan, White Beard Tongue, Goldenrod, Calico Aster & Silky Aster. I did have Mexican Milkweed too, but after I saw your video I trashed it, so sad. They are just seedlings but are doing well. I'm so excited for them to bloom. I do also have native milkweed, I got from a neighbor, scattered in the garden. Thanks again for all your advice.

[tomwessling]

Most of these will do well in north florida too - but die back in the winter. We have a lot of trees on our property so I am always in search of flowers that do well in partial to full shade.

[katiecannon]

Sider wort does spread aggressively in my garden - Orlando with relatively nutritious soil. But it’s easy to pull out, so I don’t mind.

[sunshinejenny]

My spiderworts (or blue jackets) have grown organically in my back yard. Mostly in shade. They are in the forest near here (very shady).

[richardsmith]

I'm getting there, just picked tropical sage one white and one white an pink along with beach sunflower. Hopefully I can keep them alive over the summer

[johngault]

Are their spiderwort in a more shaded area? I've noticed with my spiderwort, the stronger the sun the quicker the flowers fold up, but the ones in the shade or on cloudy days they bloom longer into the day.

[bethanderson]

It is so funny to hear you talk about spiderwort the way you do. I grew up here in Florida in a neighborhood where turf was not common and we definitely considered this a weed. I have been treating that way until recently. I am going to start letting it grow. The same exact story goes for Bidens alba. I was told if spiderwort flowers grow pink it means there is increased radiation in the area anyone know if that is ture? I have only seen it once.

[johngault]

Where does blanket flower come from? The funny thing I've noticed about my blanket flower is that they mostly only attract my native bees, especially the small ground bees. Honeybees don't have much use for them and butterflies visit only occasionally.

[keithengelmeyer]

If you where to plant more wildflowers how long before you would start seeing our great pollinate friends?

[aleidakesslerkessler]

Hello, I was hoping you could answer some of my questions.
1. Will my swamp milkweed have underground root systems and spread in my yard?
2. Do I have to cut back my swamp milkweed if I live in Florida?
3. Would it be better to plant my swamp milkweed in a spot where there is more of a wet area?
And can you get me any tips that will help me .

[leon]

Hi, do purple coneflowers do well in central and southern Florida? I keep finding mixed answers online from them being a short lived perennial to them dying by summertime. Could you clarify this?