Annuals and Perennials - Miami

Unusual & Old Favorite Plants
for South Florida
Adrian Hunsberger
Urban Horticulture Agent
University of Florida/Miami-Dade County
Extension
Right Plant, Right Place
Research what your plant
needs
 soil pH
 light levels
 know the final size of plants
 wet-loving?
 salt-tolerant?
Gazania
(Gazania rigens)
- “straw flower”
- 6-12” tall
- red, yellow, white,
pink, orange
- likes hot temps
- Full sun/partial shade
Portulaca, moss rose
Portulaca grandiflora
Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
Tahitian Bridal Veil
(Gibasis geniculata)
Statice (Limonium sinuatum)
- Blooms summer, fall
- good dried flower
- various colors
- up to 18” tall
- Full sun/partial shade
Begonias
Scarlet sage
Salvia
Blue salvia
Crown of thorns
Euphorbia milii
Bulbine frutescens
Bulbine
Liliaceae Family
Rosemary
(Rosmarinus
officinalis)
African iris
Dietes bicolor (Moraea bicolor)
Spathoglottis
'Purple Grape'
orchid
Ground orchids
Epidendrum radicans
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Bromeliads
Shrimp plant
Pachystachys lutea
Justicia brandegeana
Fire cracker
Russelia equisetiformis
Moderately salt-tolerant plant
Plumbago, lead plant
- Dark blue
- Light blue
- White
Plumbago
Plumbago auriculata
P. indica
Thryallis
Galphimia gracilis
Moderately salt-tolerant plant
Dwarf schefflera,
arbicola
Dwarf schefflera
Schefflera arbicola
Mexican bush sage
Salvia leucantha
Fire bush
Hamelia patens
Dombeya x 'Seminole'
Dombeya, tropical
hydrangea
Dombeya x cayeuxii
Mussaenda
‘Queen Sirkit’
Erose mussaenda
Mussaenda erosa
Ashanti blood, red flag shrub
Mussaenda erythrophylla
Buddha's Lamp
Mussaenda pubescens
Moderately salt-tolerant plant
Bougainvillea
High salt-tolerant plant
Jamaica caper
High salt-tolerant plant
Oleander
Angel’s trumpet
Datura arborea &
sp.
Red cloak,
Brazilian red
cloak
Megaskepasma
erythrochlamys
Vera wood, bulnesia
Bulnesia arborea
Apple blossom
cassia
Cassia javanica
Lancepod, tropical lilac
Lonchocarpus violaceus
Golden shower tree
(Cassia fistula)
Silk Floss Tree
(Chorisia speciosa)
Sky vine Thunbergia grandiflora
Calico flower, Dutchman's pipe, pipe vine
Aristolochia elegans
Passion vine,
passion flower
corkystem
Passion vines
- Foliage -
Dusty miller
(Senecio cineraria)
Wandering jew (Tradescantia zebrina )
Peperomia
(Peperomia
obtusifolia )
Purple queen (Tradescantia pallida ‘Purple Queen’)
Coleus
Ornamental “grasses”
Eragrostis elliottii
Love grass
Bamboo muhly grass, hair
grass (Muhlenbergia
dumosa )
Pink Muhly Muhlenbergia
capillaris
Mondo grass
Ophiopogon
japonicus
Dwarf
mondo
grass
Bulbous plants
Amaryllis
Blood lily
Rain lilies
Society garlic
Blue flag iris
Iris versicolor
Tropicals
Gingers
Pine cone ginger
Zingiber zerumbet
Costus barbatus
Crepe
Ginger
Costus
speciosus
Peacock ginger
Kaempferia pulchra
Anthurium
Canna 'Phasion'
Canna
Bat flower
Tacca
chantrieri
Heliconias