Presented at the South Florida Native Plant Seminar October 18-19, 2023 Naples Botanical Garden
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FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPES ON MARCO ISLAND A Presentation to the Florida Association of Native Nurseries Seminar. Naples Botanical Gardens October 18th, 2023
BY ERYK S. JADASZEWSKI EVERGLADES NATIVE DESIGNS LLC NAPLES, FL. (239) 300-8115
INCORPORATING A VARIETY OF INDIGENOUS PLANTS FOUND OR ONCE FOUND IN THAT AREA.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD RESIDENCIAL FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPE?
USING NATIVE PLANTS THAT WILL THRIVE IN THE PRESENT ON SITE CONDITIONS. NOT OVER CROWDING, CONSIDER THEIR MATURE SIZE IN RELATION TO SITE AND STRUCTURES. USING THE NATIVE RIGHT PLANTS IN THE RIGHT PLACES. ATTRACTING DESIREABLE WILDLIFE, POLLINATORS, SONGBIRDS. LET’S LOOK AT 3 PROJECTS FROM 2020
#1
CAMEO COURT, MARCO ISLAND
BEFORE: * ORANGE IXORAS * PYGMY DATE PALMS * JASIMINE * ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS ** OTHER UNRECALLABLE AND OVER PRUNED EXOTIC SHRUBS
REMOVAL OF OVER PRUNED, OLD, TIRED, EXOTIC VEGETATION
LANDSCAPE HUMOR:
uLOCAL LIMESTOCK BOULDERS REQUIRE LITTLE
PRUNING, MINIMAL WATERING AND RARELY NEED FERTILIZING!
* ORGANIC TOSOIL (IF NEEDED)
ELEMENTS OF A MARCO ISLAND LANDSCAPE:
* POSSIBLY SOME LOCAL LIMESTONE ROCK AND BOULDERS
* FROST FREE /COASTAL NATIVE TREES, PALMS, SHRUBS, GRASSES
* COASTAL, FLOWERING GROUNDCOVER NATIVES FOR POLLINATORS
* MULCHES - SEA SHELL AND BROWN BARK MULCH * DRIP IRRIGATION FOR WATER CONSERVATION IN BEDS
PLANTS WE CHOOSE FOR THIS PROJECT
uFLORIDA THATCH PALMS uBLUE PORTERWEED uPINELAND LANTANA uCOONTIE uBUTTON SAGE LANTANA uCINNOMON BARK TREE uFIREBUSH uWILD COFFEE uMYRSINE uMUHLY GRASS uBAHAMA CASSIA
NATIVE LANATANASFOR BUTTERFLYS DWARF PINELAND LANTANA - (LANTANA DEPRESA VAR. DEPRESA)
uBUTTONSAGE OR
SANIBEL LANTANA – (LANTANA INVOLUCRATA)
PORTERWEED STACHYTARPHETA JAMAICENSIS
FIREBUSH HAMELIA PETENS
BAHAMA CASSIA SENNA MEXICANA VAR. CHAPMANII
LOW, TALL AND MEDIUM SHRUBS
AFTER COMPLETION ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER
6 MONTHS LATER
#2 SNOWBERRY COURT BORROWING OWL HABITAT, MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA
BEFORE: TYPICAL MARCO ISLAND LANDSCAPE: *ST. AUGUSTINE LAWN *OVER PRUNED IXORAS *MEXICAN PETUNIAS *CROTONS *HIBISCUS
SOME OF THE NATIVE PLANTS USED: *BEACH DUNE SUNFLOWER COONTIE *FLORIDA THATCH PALMS *MUHLY GRASS *SPANISH STOPPER *FAK. GRASS, *BEACH VERBENA *PINELAND LANTANA *PINELAND CROTON *WILD COFFEE *WEST INDIAN LILAC
SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETION
I DON’T LIKE TO BRAG..…….BUT!
A GUEST IN OUR SNOWBERRY COURT PROJECT!
#3 Quintara Court, Marco Island, Florida
BEFORE: AUGUST 2020
PLANT SELECTION: COASTAL AND SUBTROPICAL FLORIDA NATIVES
NATIVES FOR ATTRACTING SONGBRIDS, BUTTERFLIES AND OTHER POLLINATORS: u
BLUE PORTERWEED AND PINELAND LANTANA
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DUNE SUNFLOWER AND BEACH VERBENA
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COONTIE (CYCAD) AND SUNSHINE MIMOSA
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WHITE, SIMPSON AND SPANISH STOPPERS
u
RANDIA AND COCO PLUM SHRUBS
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WILLOW BUSTIC TREE
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SAW PALMETTO AND SABAL MINOR PALMS
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NECKLACE POD
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PASSION AND CAROLINIA JESSIMINE VINES
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PRIVET CASSIA AND FIREBUSH SHRUBS
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WILD AND BAHAMA COFFEE
INSTALLATION
FLORIDA THATCH PALM ARE OUR SIGNATURE PALM!
INSTALLATION
PINELAND LANTANA
PEPEROMIA
BEACH DUNE SUNFLOWER
FULL SUN
SHADE
MINIMAL IRRIGATION
CHOICES OF GROUNDCOVERS
FIREBUSH
NECKLACE POD
POLLINATOR SHRUBS
MARLBERRY
COCO PLUM
SAW PALMETTO
BAHAMA COFFEE
MORE NATIVES PLANTS FROM THE PROJECT
AUGUST 2020
AUGUST 2023
USE OF LOCAL LIMESTONE BOULDERS, ROCKS AND SEASHELLS
LIMESTOCK BOULDERS, SEASHELLS AND MULCH
PRESERVING AND ENHANCING THE AREA AROUND THIS GUMBO LIMBO TREE
AUGUST 2020 AUGUST 2023
ENTRANCE WITH SPANISH STOPPERS, THATCH PALMS, COONTIES, COFFES AND PORTERWEED
MYRSINE SCREEN
BLUE STEM PALMETTO
SPANISH STOPPER
uYELLOW CAROLINA
JESSIMINE VINE
uPURPLE PASSION VINE
OR ‘MAYPOP’
AMERICAN BEAUTYBERRY BEACH VERBENA, BEACH DUNE SUNFLOWER, HORIZONTAL (WHITE FRUITED) COCO PLUM
THANK YOU!
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