Floridata.com Plant Encyclopedia

Photographic Encyclopedia of Plants for gardeners and nature lovers.

Oyster Plant (Tradescantia spathacea ) - September 30, 2005

This tender perennial, also know as Moses-in-the-cradle, is an easy growing character with colorful foliage but with a tendency to invasiveness in tropical climates. In cold climates it makes an excellent houseplant.
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Beebalm (Monarda didyma) - September 29, 2005

This herbaceous perennial member of the mint family produces spectacular flowers and the leaves are brewed into a beverage called Oswego tea.
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Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata) - September 28, 2005

This beautiful grass graces the dunes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico beaches where it provides important protection against storms and erosion.
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American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) - September 27, 2005

A giant of the eastern North American forests, this fast growing deciduous tree is famous for its beautiful white bark.
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Loblolly Bay (Gordonia lasianthus) - September 24, 2005

Here's a handsome broadleaf evergreen tree with showy flowers and a narrow spirelike form that towers over its native wetlands across the southern USA coastal plain.
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Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) - September 21, 2005

This small, cold hardy palm is a native of the southeastern United States but known the world over as the source of a supplement that keeps men's prostate glands healthy!
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Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) - September 21, 2005

Humans have depended on the sweet nutritious fruits of the date palm for millennia. This palm still provides sweet treats and graces our (frostfree) landscapes with its stately beauty.
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Peppers (Capsicum spp.) - September 20, 2005

Peppers come in a rainbow of colors and a variety of shapes and sizes. Whether you like them piquant (hot) or mild (sweet), there's dozens of beautiful peppers for you to grow and eat.
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Common Goldenrod (Solidago odora) - September 19, 2005

Eastern North America is burnished in gold each autumn as the goldenrod comes into bloom. This beautiful wildflower has medicinal uses and attracts useful insects to the garden.
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American Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) - September 18, 2005

This multi-stemmed, wide spreading shrub produces showy flower clusters (from which wine is made), these are followed by dark purple berries (also used to make wine) that are an important food source for dozens of bird species (if not made into wine).
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