This perennial wildflower can reach heights of ... leech lime into the soil to increase pH. While the purple coneflower is quite rare in Florida, it is widespread in the eastern half of North ...

A flash of brilliant red-purple: one way that nature tells us to ... At the base of each flower is an ovary, which will eventually form a one-seeded achene, a variation of a sunflower seed.

The underside of an Atala butterfly’s wing has three rows of blue or green spots and a large red spot on the hind wing, the Florida Wildflower Foundation says on its website.

Atala butterflies have black, velvety wings with bright blue or green hues, according to the Florida Wildflower Foundation. The underside of an Atala butterfly’s wing has three rows of blue or ...

Florida snow is a flower: Richardia grandiflora The plant ... but the largest "blankets" of Florida snow (clusters of white, pink, pale blue or pale lilac flowers) occurs in September through ...

Lois McNamara has been growing wildflowers for more than two decades, but she still remembers the species that endeared her to the hobby: blue larkspur ... ideal time for Florida green thumbs ...

The flower colors can be orange-red with yellow tips or reddish-purple, but plants producing ... gardener coordinator for the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agriculture Science.

Florida snow is a flower: Richardia grandiflora The plant ... but the largest "blankets" of Florida snow (clusters of white, pink, pale blue or pale lilac flowers) occurs in September through ...