This is the time of year when my lawn really comes to life. I get cheery daisy fleabane flowers, with their hippie fringe petals, and Florida tasselflower, to name just a couple. If it weren't for ...

And these wildflowers are so beautiful, it’s tempting to want to pick them and bring them home. But besides the fact that it disrupts the balance, it’s also illegal to pick or harvest the ...

Spring through fall, wildflowers bloom along Florida’s bucolic back roads, busy Interstates 75, 95, and 4, and Florida’s Turnpike. Hit the road to see the fruits of the Florida Department of ...

Say Florida flora and most people envision palm trees and birds of paradise. But the state also is known for its stretches of wildflowers, starting nearly a century ago when garden clubs led the ...

The visible colors of springtime roadside phlox reminded me of how we are fortunate on the Treasure Coast and in Central and South Florida to have two distinct seasons for blooming wildflowers.

Coreopsis, a whole genus of wildflowers, was adopted as the Florida State Wildflower in 1991. Coreopsis, commonly called “Tick-Seed,” came from a Greek-derived botanical name that translates ...

Wildflowers don’t care where they grow. Dolly Parton wrote a song about that. But local humans sure do. Jackson County Tourist Development Council Executive Director Christy Andreasen is working ...

Since Florida is “the land of flowers,” it seems appropriate that we have not just one state wildflower, but a dozen. All 12 species of tickseed (Coreopsis) native to Florida were appointed in ...

We have used the Florida Wildflower Foundation’s wildflower map to help us seek out these natural treasures. Tread carefully on tour of Florida Panhandle's exotic wildflowers Skip to main content ...