Florida native ground covers protect the soil, support wildlife: Sally Scalera. Sally Scalera. Sat, December 9, 2023 at 9:09 AM UTC. 5 min read.

If the answer is no, there are three native ground covers to consider. Sunshine mimosa has lovely light green feathery leaves, and a very showy hot pink powder puff flower. It prefers full sun ...

Here are some more great native ground cover plants to consider. Blue porterweed , Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, grows about a foot tall, creating a circle with a diameter of 2 to 3 feet. Its blue ...

Q: I've just removed a concrete pad that was adjacent to my front lawn, and I'm looking for a native, low maintenance ground cover that I could put there instead of sod. This is in Gainesville ...

Florida peperomia (Peperomia obtusifolia) tolerates deep shade with large glossy leaves on succulent stems that spread out across the ground. Upright fingerlike flower spikes are 2-3 inches long ...

Native plant aficionados in the southeast U.S. region — in and around Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, and North Carolina — might appreciate Allegheny spurge for its shade ...

Across Florida, manatees are starving to death in record numbers. ... Thursday's letters: Native ground cover, COVID humor, climate change reality, more. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Ground covers are used to blanket bare soil and act to suppress weeds. They may be nearly flat to knee-high; they may have attractive foliage or pretty flowers. The magazine “Pacific ...

Here are some more great native ground cover plants to consider. Blue porterweed, Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, grows about a foot tall, creating a circle with a diameter of 2 to 3 feet, and ...