Why should we plant native plants? I’ve talked to people who think Florida is tropical with no variation in plants year-round ...

In our area, the time to prepare beds for planting ferns is in the spring since all but the hardiest species die back in our winter temperatures.

This Florida native (Dryopteris ludoviciana ... they are easily controlled by thinning, and the removed plants will transplant readily. It is important to distinguish the native Boston fern ...