Maintaining healthy, vigorously growing vegetation on your beach and bay front is an essential component of living on coastal property. Planting coastal native plants will minimize the need for replanting after future storm damage and minimize the cost and time of establishing new plantings. Work with Nature by replanting important native plants that grow naturally along the salt water's edge in Florida. The native plants of our region, planted in the right place, will thrive as they have over eons of time.

Favorite Hummingbird Plants: For Local Florida Gardens

Plant the following native and Florida-friendly plants to attract hummingbirds to your garden…

Here’s our “take” on the University of Florida’s nine Florida-Friendly Landscaping principles, which emphasize sustainable landscaping choices for Florida.

Let's plant for them everywhere — our front and back yards, our schoolyards, churchyards, condo and apartment common areas and our civic centers.

Why? Because they will come and hopefully stay — and multiply — if we plant Florida native plants. These plants are locally adapted and hardy. They thrive without irrigation, fertilizers or pesticides. And they attract birds and butterflies to our yards, adding to the enjoyment of our surroundings.