spurred butterfly pea
Spurred Butterfly Pea (centrosema virginianum) is a Florida native vining perennial. These fragile fines can grow up to 6 feet long or more at a…
pollinators
chaya (aka tree spinach)
Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) aka spinach tree is one of my favorite plants in our zone 9b food forest. For so many reasons: One of our…
Partridge Pea
Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) is a nitrogen-fixing, Florida native pollinator plant that feeds a wide variety of wildlife and is a host plant to many…
cowpeas
Cowpeas are super easy to grow, they provide a lot of edible beans that you can replant back into the yard each year for a…
candlestick cassia (senna alata)
I’ve been growing candlestick cassia, also known as the candelabra plant, in my yard for almost a decade. It’s an easy-to-grow, multi-functional plant that provides…