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Lettuces grow well in Gainesville in the winter. They appreciate rich soil, so load up on the manure. Green Oak Leaf Lettuce You can harvest leaf lettuce by removing the older leaves occasionally, or alternatively, by cutting everything except a couple young leaves. You can do the latter twice or three times. Lettuce will [...] This Florida native is a large shrub (growing up to 20′ tall) that produces terminal clusters of red fruit in the fall before its leaves turn a brilliant red and fall. The flowers attract butterflies and the fruits are eaten throughout the winter by a variety of birds … if you don’t eat them first! [...] This sunflower relative grows through the warm season, and produces abundant crunchy tubers for harvest in the winter. The tubers are one of the best sources of a carbohydrate called inulin, which is a long-chain fructose polysaccharide. Inulin is not well digested by humans, but passes into the lower intestines, where it feeds bacteria of [...] AKA the Queensland Arrowroot this plant is closely related to the garden canna. It grows 6 or more feet tall and has a small brilliant red flower so it is an excellent backdrop for smaller flowers and herbs. Soil: It loves wet soil and can grow in boggy conditions but it also thrives in [...] Sochan, cut-leaf or green-headed cone flower, is native to most of the continental United States. Its native distribution dips into the Florida panhandle, so some consider it native to here. It is one of the favored greens of the Cherokee.
Soil: We expect [...] Chinquapin is a small tree or shrub native to the Southeastern US, that is closely related to the chestnut. It makes small sweet nuts that are said to taste like the American chestnuts, which were wiped out by Asian chestnut blight. These are considered native to FL, but they grow differently than the locals. These [...] The Moringa is a beautiful, fast growing tree (up to 15 feet in a year) with a shady, leaf canopy of very attractive ferny foliage. Small, waxy, creamy-white flowers, resembling miniature orchids, form in clusters, followed by 8-12 inches long round pods that look like drumsticks, hence one of the plant’s common names. The shell [...] This is a native mint that grows in sunny wet areas. A common place to find it is in a roadside ditch. It may be covered by grasses in the summer, but being frost tolerant, it out-competes them in the winter. It grows faster when fertilized. Information Sheet to print out (pdf) [...] This attractive perennial herb has half purple, half dark green leaves that make a delicious addition to salads, or can be cooked as a potherb. It propagates well from cuttings, that you must take before winter as the plant will not survive a freeze. Rooting the cutting in water before planting so that it forms [...] The Pindo Palm is propagated from seed and generally reaches 12-15 feet in height. Pindo Palm Grown in full sun to partial shade, this perennial produces bright magenta flowers in the late spring and early summer. Pindo Palm Flowers It is quite cold-hardy and can handle temperatures in [...] |
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