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Native and Wildlife Trees
NATIVE AND WILDLIFE TREES
We specialize in plants selected for Florida-Friendly Landscaping - the University of Florida's Florida Yards and Neighborhoods (FYN) program to promote beautiful landscape
that are also an asset to the environment, protecting natural
resources and preserving Florida?s unique beauty. Recognizing that
the home landscape is part of a larger natural system will help in creating
a Florida-friendly yard.
This important new trend for landscaping makes sense for a number of reasons - native trees are locally adapted to the soils and climate, they require less upkeep and maintenance, save water and irrigation, and have natural resistance to pests and diseases. Most importantly, many native trees provide valuable food sources for birds and wildlife.
Using native trees and plants you can not only beautiful your landscape naturally, but you can create a natural ecosystem in your own backyard that produces food and shelter for birds and wildlife all year long. Different trees produce food at different times of year and certain plants also provide dense branching that is important for protection from predators for nesting or roosting at night.
Take time to watch the birds and how they use various plants in your garden. Perennial flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Native mulberries, hollies, cherries and plums produce fruit in early spring that feed migrating birds, such as robins and waxwings, before they make their flights back up north. In fall, dogwood, magnolia and tupelo berries are favorite stopover feeding stations for thrushes, vireos, grosbeaks and many other species as they fuel up for flying south all the way across the Gulf of Mexico to wintering grounds in the tropics. Oaks and persimmons are excellent attractants for deer and wildlife as they put on weight before winter. During winter, seeds in pine cones, sweetgum balls, and tulip poplar flower pods are sought out by nomadic flocks of goldfinches and pine siskins. Most of the native species provide valuable food in one way or another.
Finally, most of the native trees have beautiful fall foliage - such as the brilliant reds, oranges and purples of the maples and sweetgums, the yellows of hickories and tulip poplars, and the deep reds of the oaks later in the fall, that make an excellent contrast to evergreens such as hollies.
Florida-Friendly native and wildlife trees should be an integral part of your landscape!
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