tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188094012011-12-14T18:48:15.376-08:00Floridata.com is an online Encyclopedia of Plants and Nature. The purpose of this blog is to bring information about a wide range of plant species to the Web. Our Plants of the Day are well known garden plants, landscape plants and even non-cultivated plants that are important members of the natural environment. All of my postings include photographs and links to additional information for each plant.JackAtFloridatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06149397573062880289noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18809401.post-1132361065627944362005-11-18T16:27:00.000-08:002005-11-20T13:57:31.156-08:00

The rains finally came on Wednesday after a 10 week absence. They were ushered in by a cold front that dropped temperatures down into the mid-thirties here in Florida's Big Bend. The more exposed, early blooming sasanqua camellias (Camellia sasanqua) in my yard had their flowers wilted by the cold. Within a couple of days though, the welcome moisture had perked them up and a fresh flush of

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Chaste Tree EncoreThe chaste tree up on The Hill treated me to an unexpected out-of-season flush of flowers this week. The chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) is a small deciduous tree that normally blooms in late Spring followed by smaller crops of flowers on and off throughout the summer. This is the first year it's bloomed in November and the bees, butterflies and I are all happy to see its

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I had a great weekend! I received a gift of 2 big bags of potting soil and set about repotting some palms that were outgrowing their containers. In the past summer a kentia palm (Howea forsteriana) that I've had since it was a seedling doubled in size over the summer so it was rewarded with a new roomier pot.Since it's getting late in the season and we could have our first frost/freeze at any

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Most of the flowers are fading but many of the grasses, like the gulf muhlygrass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) are spectacular at this time of year. Especially when the seedheads are backlit - like last afternoon when I saw these clumps of muhlygrass shimmering in a rosy glow of late afternoon sun. At this time of year the Gulf Coast humidity tends to condense into small droplets that slows the

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I found a packet of black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) seed that I had stashed away last year and then forgot to plant. I'm trying to turn a dry grassy patch out front into a wildflower meadow so I used my found seeds to sow a patch that was just recently cleared of rough bahiagrass. Black-eyed Susan is native to where I live in Florida's Big Bend as it is throughout much of North America. It's a

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Welcome to my first post on blogger.com! I publish an online plant encyclopedia called Floridata.com and I'd like to introduce you to some of my favorite and most interesting plants on the planet. My Plants of the Day will cover trees and shrubs and other plants for the landscape as well as flowers and vegetables for in the garden and in the home. Often the daily plants will relate to the season

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