Choosing Plants for Your Yard
A healthy environment for one plant may not be suitable for another. Choose a variety of plants that will flourish in your yard.
Invasive plants can drive out native Florida plants and cause harm to the environment, economy, and/or human health. See Invasive Species to learn how to keep these unwelcome guests out of your garden.
UF/IFAS Sites
- Identify Plants in Your Region--Florida Invasive Plant Education Initiative & Curriculum
- Right Plant, Right Place
- Using Native Plants
- What is It? Plant ID Services--Florida Invasive Plant Education Initiative & Curriculum
UF/IFAS Publications
- Acid-loving Plants
- Choosing Plants
- Considerations for Selection and Use of Ornamental Grasses
- Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Selecting and Maintaining Firewise Plants for Landscaping
- Florida-friendly Plant List (pdf)
- Growing Tobacco in the Home Garden
- How to Buy Plants
- Landscape Plants by Region
- Native Florida Plants for Home Landscapes
- Right Plant, Right Place
- Salt-tolerant Plants
- What is a Florida Yard?
Other Sites & Publications
- Drought Tolerant Plants--Southwest Florida Water Management District
- Florida-friendly Plants Database--FloridaYards.org
- Gardening Tips--U.S. National Arboretum
- Plants for Your Area--Florida Native Plant Society
- Strategies to Help You Reach the Goal of a Florida Friendly Yard
- Return to Getting Started or to Plants & Grasses
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Center for Aquatic & Invasive Plants
- Entomology and Nematology Department
- Environmental Horticulture Department
- FAWN: Florida Automated Weather Network
- Florida Invasive Plant Education Initiative & Curriculum
- Florida Master Gardener Program
- Florida Partnership for Water, Agriculture & Community Sustainability at Hastings
- Florida-Friendly Landscaping™
- Gardening in a Minute
- Home Lawn Care--Turfgrass Science
- Horticultural Sciences Department
- IPM Florida
- Landscape Plants
- Living Green
- Pesticide Information Office
- Plant Pathology Department
- School Gardens
- Soil and Water Science Department
- Trees and Hurricanes
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- FDACS
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map--U.S. National Arboretum
Other University Sites
Organizations & Associations
- American Community Gardening Association
- American Horticultural Society
- Florida Native Plant Society
- International Society of Arboriculture
- International Society of Arboriculture (en español)
- International Society of Arboriculture, Florida Chapter
- National Garden Clubs
- North American Native Plant Society
Other Sites & Publications
Plant Hardiness Zones
