Good Afternoon Native Substitutes for Common Ornamentals I am Deborah Curry current president of I have learned the Marion Big Scrub gardening and about Chapter of FNPS. I am from my passionate about father, my mother’s plants. father and My special mentor at I am a fifth generation Southern Illinois Floridian University, Dr. Richard Keating First some of the Florida friendly plants accomedate our native insects, birds and other vertebrate animals. But we are What I am suggesting is starting to see that as plants that are not that we are native plants die: you can loosing the battle replace them with native to save our birds, plants that may have lived and insects. there or are able to live in your landscape. From this Red Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus ) To this: Firebush (Hamelia patens) Coral bean, Very Slow Cherokee Bean growing,1-2 meters (Erythrina herbacea) (3-7 ft) and prickly. Chapman’s Rhododendron Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii Because it is fragrant and fertile this native Attracts pollinators, including hummingbirds. Wild Azalea, Piedmont Azalea, Pinxter Azalea (Rhododendron canescens) Native azaleas, also known as bush honeysuckle, have smaller flowers and are more delicate- looking, but they're also very fragrant, whereas non-natives have no fragrance. SWEET PINXTER AZALEA; MOUNTAIN AZALEA (Rhododendron canescens) NETTED PAWPAW Asimina reticulata Larval host for Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) and pawpaw sphinx (Dolba hyloeus). Small mammals and birds harvest the fruit. Christmas berry (Lycium carolinianum) Beautyberry, (Callicarpa Beautyberry Americana) prefers broken to partial shade , 4.8 to 7.0 pH Wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa) Shortleaf wild coffee, Psychotria tenuifolia

“This is a nice native to use under where it can be too shady for most plants.” Wax myrtle is an Wax myrtle aromatic evergreen (Morella cerifera) , in the Myricaceae or bayberry family Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera), Red banded hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) Caterpillar Hosts: Fallen leaves of wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera), Hog plum or tallow wood, americana, Having Having Oakleaf Oakleaf Florida to see striking fallcolors.

Oakleaf Hydrangea Hydrangea

(Hydrangea quercifolia) means not not . having having to to leave leave MARLBERRY Ardisia escallonioides WILD COFFEE, shiny-leaf wild-coffee Psychotria nervosa SAW PALMETTO Serenoa repens PIGMY FRINGETREE ( pygmaeus) Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum) Not highly ornamental, but exceedingly winter hardy, vigorous and reliable. Shrub borders. Tall hedge or screen. Background for native plantings. Walter’s viburnum, Viburnum obovatum Ilex vometoria A male form called David is a narrow column Ilex vomitoria 'Pendula' or weeping Yaupon holly. Because of their cascading form, weeping yaupon hollies are relatively compact BRITTON'S WILD PETUNIA; MEXICAN BLUEBELL (Ruellia simplex)

Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's 2017 List of Florida's Most Invasive Species Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis) Swamp hibiscus Hibiscus grandiflorus Sassafras, Sassafras albidum Bunch Grasses in Central Florida Wiregrass (Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana) Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) Lopsided Indiangrass (Sorghastrum secundum) Muhly grass (Muhlenbergia

capillaris)

Muhlenbergia capillaris Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) Florida mock gamagrass (Tripsacum floridana) References: Native Florida Plants: Low Maintenance Landscaping and Gardening. Robert G. Haehle and Joan Brookwell. 2004 (revised edition). Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 1589790510. Xeric Landscaping with Florida Native Plants. Michael Jameson and Richard Moyroud, editors. 1991. San Antonio, FL: Association of Florida Native Nurseries. No ISBN. A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. Rufino Osorio. 2001. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813018528. Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens. Douglas W. Tallamy. 2009. Timber Press. ISBN 978-0881929928 Native plants regenerate on their own after invasive are removed -- ScienceDaily.pdf find in images of MNP