Landscape Help using Natives

10 years ago

Does anyone have any recommendations for someone who can give me a landscape design using natives? This is for the front of my house which faces north. I'd really like to use only natives. I'm in Delray Beach, 10b.

Thanks,Ginger

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filly_z8bFL

10 years ago

Mailordernatives is a good site to look on. I was looking for some natives for my woodland natural area and this site has a lot. They are sorta small plants that come, but they are very healthy.

vines: coral honeysuckle! If you have a fence full sun (remember pulling off those red blooms and sucking the white ends that taste like honey?!) very nostalgic plant.

i think there are fruits like blueberries and strawberries that are natives u can find on that site. They also sell native azaleas and some other native plants...

Since you are in a tropical climate, It's not a native but I absolutely LOVE this shrub- I just have to tell everyone about it! Tea olive aka sweet olive- Osmanthus fragrans. It's from Asia, but is not invasive and it smells amazing. Like apricots and sweet iced tea! The teeny tiny white flowers bloom and pack a whole bunch of fragrance that wafts in the breeze.

Good luck with your natives!

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filly_z8bFL
10 years ago
Oh sorry, just saw its the north side of your house, so I'm guessing partial shade? I know you want natives so check that site I mentioned for the ferns they have! I got some Christmas ferns from them and I can't wait until they get bigger. Ferns would be good for that area if it's mostly shady or dappled.

a different shrub I would mention instead of tea olive (needs full sun so N side of your house is probably not a good spot for it), is banana shrub. Info here: http://floridata.com/Plants/Magnoliaceae/Michelia%20figo/210

its not technically a native since its from China, but it was brought over in the 1700 to the US.... So it's been here a really long time.

when it blooms, smells just like sweet bananas! I planted two on the north side of my house which barely gets any sun bc of trees and holly bushes and they are doing fine! They can adapt to a lot of different sun light too. I have 5 planted around my property since I love these too!
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writersblock (9b/10a)
10 years ago
I would also talk to the folks at Meadow Beauty in Lake Worth:

http://meadowbeautynursery.com
bellagirl0614
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you for the very helpful information. Yes, it is dappled sun exposure, depending on the time of the day.
plantsman56
10 years ago
I'd use coonties to fill in. You could use a myrtle bush for a main plant for height as a center piece of a circle on a corner, if you have a spot that works. As a small palm accent you could use a needle palm. If you want a palm that would get bigger, Serenoa repens. If you want a color difference, the silver form gives you contrast. If you don't like the palmate palms, if you are in a warmer part of the area, a Buccaneer palm, which will get taller, is another good choice. All of these are easy to take care of. If you want some fill in plants in front of these others, that are native, you nay want to inquire, but these olives could makeup most of the landscape. Tom
wisconsitom
10 years ago
Bravo on the coonties! Still one of my faves. And so amenable to dryness, shade, sun, whathaveyou!
bellagirl0614
Original Author
10 years ago
Definitely going to use the coonties! What are your opinions on the Japenese Fern Tree? I have a spot in front of the house that I would like to put a small tree. Not too tall, maybe 10 - 15 feet.
wisconsitom
10 years ago
Bella, hopefully plantsman or another knowledgeable Floridian will help you with that one. Me not know it.