Florida Landscape Plants: Native and Exotic

by John V. Watkins, Thomas J. Sheehan, Robert J. Black

The standard landscape plant manual for Florida now revised and expanded!  From reviews of the original
 "The bible of Florida landscaping. . . . The book has listings for more than 400 plants containing excellent information about cultural and climatological requirements and such interesting tidbits as seasons of maximum color and how the plant is best used in the Florida landscape."-- Cape Coral  Breeze  "One of Florida's best garden manuals. . . . All residents of Florida will find much useful information to help them with their garden problems in this book."--John Popenoe, former director, Fairchild Tropical Gardens This is the revised and expanded version of the book that has long been the standard landscape plant manual for Florida. The authors have included 70 additional native plant species along with updated botanical names and additional general information on many of the plants. They have also removed all invasive exotic species from the book.
 Each description contains a detailed drawing for easily identifying the plant, and both the common name and the botanical name are given. Following the general description are entries on propagation, soil and light requirements, culture, hardiness, salt tolerance, pests, and landscape uses. Descriptions of foliage, fruit, and flowers are enhanced by useful information about the season of maximum color.   

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

John Vertrees Watkins

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is SO useful. I don’t think it’s meant to be used if you don’t have some understanding of botany. It was required reading for my botany class, and we used it to practice plant descriptions. In that regard it’s incredibly useful. For the average gardener, I would recommend other guides with color photographs. But as someone who is learning to identify plants by Latin names and botanical descriptions, this is a great resource.

[Susan Molloy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Invaluable reference book that works well for my gardens. Each plant is well-depicted as a sketch, with a few full color drawings to flesh out the information. The Latin and common names (where applicable) are very helpful, too.

I own the 1969 hardcover version.

💥 Recommended.

[Susan Ford Collins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Drawings are too stylized. Need photos to be more useful. B and W. Need color.