A couple great pick for Florida winter from your local lawn service provider
- Varieties within the Camellia species are good plants for the Florida landscape and bloom in the winter. The Japanese camellia (Camellia japonica), for example, is a shrub that displays white or near white flowers and glossy, evergreen foliage. Requiring light shade to full sun, the Japanese camellia grows around 4 to 6 feet.
- Deciduous holly (Ilex decidua) is a shrub that belongs to the Ilex species and is well-suited to Florida's climate. It has white flowers in the summer and orange to scarlet berries in fall and winter with deciduous foliage. Thriving in sun to partial shade, deciduous holly plants grow as high as 20 to 30 feet.
- Cleyera plants (Cleyera japonica), also called "tricolor" or Japanesecleyera, are evergreen shrubs that do pretty good as winter plants for Florida. They display reddish foliage in winter. Cleyeras also have a fragrant creamy white flowers, and are grown for their evergreen foliage. Needing light to full shade, cleyeras reach grow as high as 8 to 12 feet.
Camellia
Camellia
Deciduous Holly
Deciduous Holly
Cleyera
Need more ideas on Florida winter/summer hardy plants? leave a comment
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Posted by Orbitalawn at 12/17/2010 5:13 PM 
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