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 drier soils. [...]

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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 it to appreciate a little improvement in our native poor soils.

Water: [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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)

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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 [...]

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The Pindo Palm is propagated from seed and generally reaches 12-15 feet in height.
Grown in full sun to partial shade, this perennial produces bright magenta flowers in the late spring and early summer.

It is quite cold-hardy and can handle temperatures in the teens with no sign of damage. It is also drought-resistant [...]

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Native to Central Asia, the pomegranate (from the Latin “seeded apple”) is a small tree or shrub with attractive spring flowers. It is grown across the Middle East, in tropical Africa, and the drier parts of California.

The fruit of the pomegranate, actually a berry, naturally compartmentalizes into small bits of seed and pulp called “arils.”
Though [...]

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Roselle is a fast growing annual hibiscus whose calyxes are used to make a delicious tea that is popular in the Caribbean, and other tropical areas. It gets to about six feet tall. The plant is high in calcium, and the calyxes are high in vitamin C and antioxidants.

Soil: Tolerant of most soil conditions, but [...]

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This lettuce has been grown in the community garden at UF by people who brought it from Asia. It grows well in the winter and tolerates frost from a young age. To plant, sprinkle seeds densely in a small trench. The seedlings are ready to transplant when they have two leaves. Next, prepare the bed [...]

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