I have been gardening since I was 14 and never felt the importance of growing native plants. My garden faced heavy storms a few years ago, which destroyed most of the plants. But surprisingly there were some Florida's native plants and they survived.

I barely took any care towards those native plants. Then I felt how precious they are. Most of the butterflies and birds were coming to my garden because of those native plants. I took native gardening seriously from that moment. In this article, I have shared lists of Florida native plants that we can easily grow - Easy to Grow Florida Native Plants .

'Planted sweet potato slips in the organic garden two years ago. Then life interfered with the plan for weeding, watering, fertilizing, watering, harvesting last fall, and watering. They produced tiny potatoes during the first fall. But because I couldn't harvest them, they rotted in the ground over winter.

This spring, I didn't plant new slips. Undeterred, the original batch tried again. Through our long, hot summer without shade or rain - but with an overabundance of bugs - they didn't give up. I was shocked when I started digging.

Are they supermarket size? No. Are they far more than I expected? Absolutely. Are they beautiful? They are to me.

This is why I'll forever have mud under my fingernails and a pair of dirty boots.

I am blowing acorns back into my mulched beds, keeping my sidewalk and driveway clear.

Am I going to have a million seedlings? What are other folks doing?

I keep my leaves on site, plus other closed loop choices (not perfect). Plus I can't imagine picking up all these for sending out with the lawn waste.

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I have years of experience in growing veggies, roots, flowers, and herbs since I was 14. Using my garden life experience I give my time and effort to make this planting calendar for South Florida gardeners. This planting calendar is categorized by :

1. The Leafy Greens.
2. Vegetables and Roots
3. Flowers
4. Herbs

The calendar I have created is perfectly organized and shows the plants in visually appealing graphics that make it easy for you to follow it. Look at the calendar on this page - South Florida Planting Calendar .

December is on its way. If you are not sure what to plant in December in Florida, this resource is going to be useful.

Many of the Florida gardeners already know I publish planting calendar for each month and I try to make this better every time I publish one. This time, I have added frost caring for North Florida gardeners.

Find the planting guide here: What to plant in December in Florida

I might not be the perfect and thus everyone is welcome to put their suggestions and tips in this comment section. I will really appreciate that.

I have categorized the planting guide into three major categories: North Florida, Central Florida and South Florida.
Each category consists of these minor sub categories:

1. Leafy Greens
2. Vegetables and roots
3. Flowering Plants
4. Berries
5. Herbs

I live in North Florida. It's going to get to mid-30s tonight. I just planted some Frogfruit and Sunshine Mimosa in my yard a few weeks ago. I'm new to gardening so I have no clue what I should do during the winter time. I want to give my plants the best chance of success. How do I handle really cold weather but that's not freezing?

My Lemon bush started out life in a pot that produced a few lemons then just a lot of leaves. Transplanted a 2 years ago thinking it would turn into a tree but it just went wild. Base hasn't filled out as I expected. It does have 2 lemons finally. Should I trim the thing or just let it go? The chicken wire is intended to keep out the deer but I am amazed that they haven't just reached over the top and eaten the leaves.

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I have a planter that only gets about 4 hours of sun at this time of year on the side of my house. The people I bought the house from were growing a pineapple there. I have no interest in pineapples, but wouldn't mind a small veggie garden there. What greens can survive with that little sun? ETA: I'm in zone 9B but 10A plants do well here, too.

I need about 160c.ft of soil to fill some raised beds, ideally delivered. Where in Broward are some good places to buy that? Id prefer not buy 80bags from HD.

I‘m looking to attract some wildlife and/or have some food. It would be beside my driveway under the power line. My current thoughts are either sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera), Coco plum (Chrysobalanus icaco), or Simpson‘s stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans). It would be in full sun. I used to have invasive paper mulberry there that did quite well in that spot. It would be nice to have something that I don’t need to water much. I‘d love wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa) or beautyberry or firebush, but I haven’t had the greatest success with those. I think that it just gets too hot.

I’ve seen someone post it and I’m super interested in going. I know the person is near Jax Florida but they haven’t answered me about it yet so figured Il try here

Cassia tree at left. Bird feeding station, then elm at right (orange straps), underplanted with downy jasmine.

Hello, I have brought another growing guide for Florida Gardeners.

I know growing bananas are easy here in Florida. Still, I created this guide just to guide you on being on the safe side (even for the cooler regions of North Florida).

There are 6 major banana varieties that we can grow here in Florida. Dwarf Cavendish, Rajapuri, Blue java or ice cream are the most popular ones.
I have mentioned the heights and the harvesting time for each variety.

Orinoco variety can be grown in North Florida.

Here is my detailed growing guide: Grow Banana Tree in Florida - Complete Guide

We need to understand the best planting season. We mostly plant them in Spring.
Tip: When you see a banana stalk and the bud is not producing stable bananas anymore, its time to cut the tip of the stalk to remove the flower bud.
It will help the bananas grow healthier.

Maintain 6-10 feet of spacing between two adjacent banana baby plants.

Note: Even broken banana tree can grow and give bananas.

I hope this guide will help beginners to grow bananas in Florida.

Any additional info from the experts will be highly appreciated.

Couldn’t add to the other post but here is one of my bougainvillea that gets zero attention except a hard trim once in a while. This pic is a bit older, it’s still recovering from the latest chop chop. Poor plant.

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In my gardening life, I have found this problem is common among many Bougainvillea enthusiasts. Many of them already complained to me about this. So, I've taken the time to experiment and have identified the possible reasons behind "No Flowers on Bougainvillea." Based on the reasons I have found, there are ways to encourage your Bougainvillea to bloom. In this article, I've shared everything you need to know if you find your Bougainvillea has only leaves and no flowers - Why there are no flowers on Bougainvillea but only leaves .

If anyone here has more experience in growing Bougainvillea then please share your thoughts on this. I am always ready to accept your point of view.

As the title says, trying to identify what is eating through and/or snapping my tomato’s in half. I’m in south Florida. This is occurring in only one section of one of my raised beds. A day or two after planting it is either eaten away like shown right below the soil line or found cut completely in half. Tried wrapping tinfoil around the base in case it was curly tailed lizards but whatever it is ate it in half right below the surface. Any thoughts?