Plant library
Florida Plant Directory
Use plant profiles after you understand yard roles, Florida constraints, and why a plant belongs in the system.
This pillar is the site’s plant-level reference library.
Use it to move from broad strategy into species-level decisions. The goal is not just to browse profiles, but to route each plant choice back into yard structure, climate realism, and plant roles.
Guides
Use the directory with a plan
These guides keep plant browsing tied to yard structure, climate realism, and useful first moves.
Directory method
How to Use the Florida Plant Directory
Get the most from this living library.
Core choices
Choosing Core Plants for a Florida Yard
Build a strong foundation that lasts.
Starter path
Best Starter Plants for Florida
Safe, productive choices for beginners.
Climate filter
Florida Zone 9 Growing Strategy
Understand your climate and plan with confidence.
Design fit
Edible Landscaping in Florida
Design beauty with purpose and yield.
System fit
Florida Food Forests
Abundant, resilient, low-maintenance systems.
Why this pillar matters
Every plant needs a job, a place, and a reason.
Plant profiles are most useful when they are connected back to yard structure and climate reality. This pillar keeps the plant library from feeling isolated from the rest of the site.
Role first
Is this plant food, structure, shade, support, border, or experiment?
Florida reality
Does it fit heat, sand, wet season, cold risk, and recovery?
Placement logic
Does it belong in the first version of the yard or later?
Plant guides
Florida Plant Directory
Scan the full library in columns. Cards with real plant photos use them; cards without a photo yet use the muted placeholder image.
African Kale
Brassica carinata
African Potato Mint
Plectranthus rotundifolius
Sweet Almond Bush
Aloysia virgata
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Winged Bean
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Bananas
Musa spp.
Barbados Cherry
Malpighia emarginata
Blue Porterweed
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Buttercup Tree
Cochlospermum vitifolium
Butterfly Pea
Clitoria ternatea
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
Chaya
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius
Cocoplum
Chrysobalanus icaco
Colocasia
Colocasia esculenta
Coontie
Zamia integrifolia
Cranberry Hibiscus
Hibiscus acetosella
Custard Apple
Annona reticulata
Daikon Radish
Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus
Dwarf Tamarillo
Solanum abutiloides
Everglades Tomato
Solanum pimpinellifolium
Firebush
Hamelia patens
Florida Betony
Stachys floridana
Florida King Peach
Prunus persica
Galanga
Alpinia galanga
Golden Sugar Apple
Annona squamosa
Ground Cherry
Physalis pruinosa
Ice Cream Bean
Inga spp.
Jackfruit
Artocarpus heterophyllus
Jamun
Syzygium cumini
Jujube
Ziziphus jujuba
Katuk
Sauropus androgynus
Lagos Spinach
Celosia argentea
Lemongrass
Cymbopogon citratus
Lá lốt
Piper sarmentosum
Longevity Spinach
Gynura procumbens
Loquat
Eriobotrya japonica
Luffa
Luffa aegyptiaca
Mango
Mangifera indica
Mangosteen
Garcinia mangostana
Mavuno Cowpea
Vigna unguiculata
Mexican Sunflower
Tithonia diversifolia
Mint
Mentha spp.
Monstera deliciosa
Monstera deliciosa
Moringa
Moringa oleifera
Mountain Soursop
Annona montana
Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Mulberry
Morus spp.
Okinawan Spinach
Gynura crepioides
Papaya
Carica papaya
Passion Fruit
Passiflora edulis
Perennial Peanut
Arachis glabrata
Pigeon Pea
Cajanus cajan
Pineapple
Ananas comosus
Puerto Rican Taro
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Purple Shamrock
Oxalis triangularis
Rat-Tail Radish
Raphanus caudatus
Red Jamaican Cherry (Strawberry Tree)
Muntingia calabura
Roselle (Hibiscus)
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Scarlet Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii
Shampoo Ginger
Zingiber zerumbet
Sherbet Berry
Grewia asiatica
Simpson's Stopper
Myrcianthes fragrans
Standard Ginger
Zingiber officinale
Sugar Apple
Annona squamosa
Surinam Cherry
Eugenia uniflora
Sweet Potato
Ipomoea batatas
Tamarind
Tamarindus indica
Turmeric
Curcuma longa
Velvet Bean
Mucuna pruriens
Vetiver Grass
Chrysopogon zizanioides
Walter's Viburnum
Viburnum obovatum
Wild Blackberry
Rubus spp.
Wild Blueberry
Vaccinium spp.
After you choose a plant
Turn the profile into a yard decision.
A good plant page should lead to a better next move, not just another tab.