Beautiful rosettes of soft grey-brown leaves with deep pink highlights are dusted in powdery white. Bright coral flowers emerge in summer on foot-long reddish stems. Adds beauty to rock gardens and succulent collections. Tolerant of heat and drought. A frost-tender evergreen.

Commonly known as the Flapjack Plant, this plant is native to South Africa. Low care due to its drought tolerance and cold tolerance to 20-25 degrees, this flowering succulent produces chartreuse or bright yellow flowers. Kalanchoe are popular for use in rock gardens, and its blooms are attractive to bees, butterflies and birds. Kalanchoe Thyrsifora is unusual in that it grows in a rosette of flat, round leaves. Its average height is 12-18′.

The Choquette comes into season between the months of November and February. It is a medium sized spreading tree and is very productive. This avocado produces fruit heavily in alternate years. It has a mild flavor and 13 percent oil content. (Cold tolerance is 26 degrees F)

The Lula avocado comes into season between the months of November and February. It is a cross between Guatemalan and Mexican type avocados. A taller variety, dense and broad, it is rapid growing and productive and bares when young. The fruit has a 12-16 percent oil content. The Lula was recognized for its excellent eating qualities, cold hardiness and productivity.

The Simmonds comes into season between the months of July and August. The actual tree can grow to a height of about 30 feet and reach a width of 20 feet. It produces a fruit weighing about 1 to 1.5 lbs. This avocado is considered a good producer with excellent eating quality. (Cold Tolerance 28 degrees F)

The Bernecker avocado tree can reach a height of 30 feet and a width of 20 feet producing a large pair shaped fruit that varies in size from 1.5 to 2.5 lbs. It is considered a good producer and the fruit has an excellent flavor.

The Arkin variety is the most successful cultivar commerce due to it being firm and compact, making it easy to pick, pack and ship. This star fruit tree produces a medium sized fruit that is very sweet juicy and firm with few seeds.

The Fwang Tung carambola tree will grow to reach a height of about 35 feet. This star fruit is crunchy and large, measuring 6 inches tall and 4 inches wide. It is semi sweet and pleasantly mild tasting.

Also known as the Japanese or Chinese Plum, this large evergreen scrub or small tree can grow to 30 feet tall, but typically tops out at 10 to 13 feet. Grown primarily for its very tart 1-2 inch yellow or orange fruit, it is sometimes also used as an ornamental shrub. Fragrant 1 inch white flowers may be found in autumn to early winter, followed by clusters of fruit. The Loquat trunk is short, and its leaves are dark green and glossy on the topside. (Hardiness Zones 8-10)

The Guava tree can grow to reach a height of 30 feet plus. It produces a round oval shaped fruit 2 to 4 inches long, light yellow skin blushed with pink. The guava thrives in both humid and dry climates and is not cold tolerant at all. Guava trees grow rapidly, and the fruit matures 90 to 150 days after flowering.

The second most common commercial lychee variety or cultivar in South Florida is the Brewster. The fruit is medium to large, sweet and juicy. The fruit usually ripens during the month of June and as it does, it turns from a pinkish red to a bright purplish red. The Brewster lychee grows best in areas where it will get a lot of irrigation or natural rainfall.

The Glenn tree is relatively small and produces a compact rounded canopy. The fruit is oval to oblong in shape with a rounded base and pointed apex. The fruit turns bright yellow when ripe. The Glenn is a Haden seedling.

This small, bushy tree is native to Brazil, where it is considered one of the most popular native fruit bearers. It is unique in that flowers, and resulting fruit, grow directly from the trunk. Also called the Brazilian Grape Tree, in full sun this slow growing tree (when grafted), will produce fruit in about 5 years. Seedling trees may take 10 years or more to bear fruit, which are eaten like grapes. Although most trees mature to 10-15 feet tall, in the native environment they are found up to 45 feet tall. Its canopy is typically as wide as its height. Fairly cold tolerant, Jaboticaba are highly ornamental due to its dense multiple stems. (Hardiness Zone 8)

The Tommy Atkins fruit is medium to large in size weighing 16 to 25 ounces. The flavor is fair to good maturing between June and July. Tommy Atkins met the criteria for commercial production which is why it has become the most planted mango throughout Florida.

The Keitt tree is a vigorous grower but does not tend to get much bigger than 20 feet in height. The fruit of the Keitt is large reaching up to several pounds in weight. The fruit has good disease resistance and typically ripens from August through September. The fruit is fiberless tangy and sweet and considered to be great eating quality.

The Day avocado comes into season between the months of July and September. It is a more slender tree and very productive. The fruit has a buttery consistency and a delicious nutty flavor. It is a medium sized easy to peel avocado. (Cold tolerance 22-25 degrees F)

The Monroe avocado comes into season between the months of November and January. It reaches an average height of about 25 feet and a width of about 20 feet. It is a heavy bearer with a round oval and pebbled fruit that has a nutty flavor. Its oil content is about 10-14 percent. (Cold tolerance is 26 degrees F)

The Winter Mexican avocado is an attractive spreading tree, very vigorous and heavy. It is considered a regular barer and resistant to scab. It has a 30 percent oil content. The fruit is oval shaped with a rough texture. (Cold Tolerance 22-24 degrees F)

The Barbados Cherry is a large bushy shrub that can reach up 20 feet in height and an equal width. The plant bares white silky irritating hairs when very young, and hairless dark green and glossy when mature. It produces round cherry like fruit, which is lobed .5 to 1 inch wide and bright red . Young plants are killed by any drop below 30 degrees F. They can tolerate drought, though they may not fruit until the coming of rain. It mainly fruits in spring and can also ripen in December.

The Kari carambola tree, aslo known as star fruit, can reach a height of 10-16 feet. Its fruits are star shaped and are yellow-orange when ripe. The carambola will fruit from mid-summer to mid-winter. The Kari will exhibit more cold tolerance than other carambola varieties. This variety is said to have an excellent flavor.

The Sri Kembanqan Carambola (star fruit) can reach a height of between 20-30 feet. This carambola prefers partial to full sun and loves moisture. The Sri Kembanqan variety produces fruit that is bright yellow-orange in color and sweet. The fruit averages 4 to 6 inches in length and 3 to 4 inches in width. It is of excellent eating quality.

The Dragon Fruit- Zamorano is self-pollinating and produces a roundish red fruit with dark red pulp. It gets its name from the Agriculture University in Honduras. The fruit average half to one pound in size. It blooms huge nocturnal blooms over 14” across during the summer. The Dragon Fruit plant prefers shade at the feet but full sun at the tops to bloom well. Fruits are developed after blooming and ripen by midsummer to fall.

The Longan tree can grow up to 30 feet plus in height. It is a little more cold hardy than the lychee, and does not usually do well in temperatures below 30 degrees. Season of ripening in South Florida is between the months August and September.

The Carrie mango produces a small fruit averaging a pound or less and ripens from June to July. The flesh is not fibrous and is very rich in flavor. The fruit does not develop red blush like other mangos. At maturity it may be green to yellow.

These edible bananas are available in several varieties, including the Ice Cream banana, Blue Java, which produces sweet, creamy fruit. This is one of the most cold hardy bananas, appropriate to zone 8. The Namwa banana is in the ladyfinger grouping, and produces a sweet, tasty fruit. Both varieties described grow to 10′ at maturity. Fruit grows in bunches, and these long, hanging clusters may contain 3-20 tiers (also known as hands) which may produce up to 20 bananas each.

The Haden mango tree is a vigorous grower capable of reaching heights between 20 and 30 feet. It produces fruit averaging 1 to 2 pounds in weight which reach maturity from June to July. The flesh is slightly fibrous but has a full sweet flavor. The Haden mango has become of the most widely cultivated mangos in the world.

The Julie mango was recognized for its outstanding flavor and its dwarf growth habit. It is very susceptible to fungus due to the high levels of humidity in Florida. Its fruit is small averaging less than a pound at maturity. It is deep orange colored fruit; juicy and rich in flavor, not fibrous. The tree usually stays within 8 feet in height.

Often used as a hedge due to its density and branches that grow close to the ground, and its stiff, paddle shaped, leathery leaves, Clusia Guttifera is a low maintenance, moderately growing plant. You may allow it to grow to 25’ tall, but it is typically trained as a hedge, 8-10’ tall, spreading as wide as it is tall. It is not only salt and drought tolerant, but it’s pest resistant too. Plant in deep shade or in full sun; small, pink flowers are rare and typically only bloom in full summer heat. Hardiness zones 10-12.

A low growing, spreading shrub, Clusia Rosea is known for its unusual foliage; dark green, shiny, thick, paddle shaped leaves which grow 2-5” long. A lovely border or ornamental plant, it thrives in hot, tropical weather. Clusia Rosea is typically planted as an accent plant or hedge due to its density and highly textured foliage, rather than for its flowers. Fragrant flowers peak in spring, and are white with an orange center. Nana Dwarf Pitch Apple typically only grows to about 2’ tall, but may spread to 2-3’ wide. Easy care, it is drought and salt tolerant, and may be planted in light shade to full sun. Hardiness zones 10-12.

The Lignum Vitae is a beautiful native of Florida and the Caribbean; and is the national tree of the Bahamas. Its dense, dark green, thick and waxy foliage make it desirable as small, ornamental tree. Its wood is prized for its denseness. A slow grower, Lignum Vitae has an average height of 10-15’ with an equally sized canopy spread. 5-petaled flowers are most often seen in spring, and are typically blue to purple. They are occasionally seen in white, and are lightly fragranced. Heart shaped, flat fruit capsules contain one or two seeds which push from the fruit when ripe. Plant in partial to full sun. Lignum Vitae is moderately drought tolerant and salt tolerant as well. Hardiness zones 10b-11.

This slow to moderately growing evergreen shrub can reach up to 20’ tall, but is typically smaller. Found mainly around sand dunes and rocky shores, Bay Cedar features a sturdy, branched trunk with dark brown, rough, flaky bark. Its wood is hard and heavy. Small, fleshy, gray green leaves have a cedar like fragrance when crushed. Yellow cup shaped flowers are set among the leaves in singles or clusters, and can be seen throughout the year. Plant in full sun, Bay Cedar is drought and salt tolerant. Hardiness zones 10b-11.

Also known as the Autograph tree, as the broad, thick, dark green leathery leaves are thick enough to write on with a fingernail, Pitch Apple is a wide spreading, densely foliated evergreen tree. Its spread at maturity is 15-25’. A moderate grower, this ornamental tree features a short trunk, and grows to 25-30’ tall. In summer, showy 2-3” pink and white flowers bloom nightly; often remaining open on overcast mornings. Fleshy, light green poisonous fruit grows to 3” in diameter, turning black when they are ripe. Clusia Rosea may be planted in full sun or partial shade, and is salt and drought tolerant. Hardiness zones 10B-11.

This hardy, slow grower is one of the least common Clusia varieties. It is also called the Balsam Apple, and makes a beautiful ornamental shrub or tree, growing to 8-10’’. The Clusia Lanceolata is salt tolerant, and somewhat drought tolerant, making it a low care plant to maintain. It’s leathery, thick leaves grow to about 3’’ long. Blossoms may be red, scarlet, or white, and measure 1-2’’ across. This plant likes full sun to light shade. Native to Brazil, the Clusia Lanceolata was chosen by world renowned Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami as one of its top 3 PLANTS OF THE YEAR in 2007.

Also known as Butterbough, Inkwood makes an excellent accent tree. The beautiful canopy makes a dense crown, and tops a medium sized tree with a tall trunk. Its height is typically 25-35’ and it is taller than it is broad. Its trunk is 6-15” in diameter, featuring reddish brown bark. This medium to slow-growing tree features long (2-5”), glossy leaves and tiny fragrant blooms in spring and early summer. Produces red berries that ripen to deep purple. Moderately salt and drought tolerant, Inkwood does best when planted in full sun to partial shade. Hardiness zones 10-12.

A very slow grower, the Buccaneer Palm thrives in hot, tropical weather. Its single, smooth, gray trunk is ringed with the scars of palm fronds that have shed. It grows to be about 15’ tall. One of its features is its swollen trunk, and the variation in its frond colors, which may be green, light green, blue green, or silver. This makes each Buccaneer truly unique. Fronds may grow up to 15’ long, and generally self shed. Native to Florida and the Caribbean, fronds stems spread out in a flat, fan-shaped pattern. Salt and drought tolerant, this palm is pest-free as well. Plant in full sun or partial shade. Hardiness zones 10a-11.

Also known as Singapore Daisy, Creeping Oxeye or Trailing Daisy, Wedelia is in the sunflower family. This dense ground cover can be invasive, and will form a mat that blooms profusely. Flowers are bright yellow, about 1”, and feature 8-13 petals per head. Wedelia will grow to a height of 6-12”, and spreads very quickly. Fleshy, hairy leaves are dark green above, and light green below. Rounded stems root at the node. Wedelia likes full sun, is drought tolerant when established, and is salt tolerant as well. Hardiness zones 8b-11.

Mangave “Mission to Mars”

 Mangave “Spotty Dotty”

Mangave “Moonglow”

Pilea Peperminoide “Chinese Money Plant”

Adenium Obesum Double Bloom “Grafted Desert Rose”