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Defining Florida cultivar: local plants selected from native populations that one can buy that is often propagated vegetatively.

 

How to Choose Wisely

The first question you should ask when arriving to the plant nursery:

"Are these plants sourced from a local farmer? "

Nursery operators are starting to name and test cultivars that usually have an unusual or consistent characteristic such as canopy size or fruit/flower size.
If enough people ask for certain plants, more will become available or they may be able to obtain it from a special source.

Planning your own design for an outdoor space before buying a grill and patio furniture includes benefits such as:

• reduces the pollutants that drain to our streams, river, and oceans

• less energy consumpution

• Prevents erosion

• less replanting

• encourages biodiversity

• possible fire hazards contained

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Resources:

Florida State Bird Information

Gilman, E. Betrock's Florida Plant Guide Betrock: Hollywood, Florida.

The Spruce Online

University of Florida


 

 


Last Updated on November 26th, 2017.
Candace Turner

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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