Grow it, Eat it! Edible Florida-Friendly Plants
There is increasing interest in growing food—usually in dedicated vegetable and herb gardens, but there are plants that have both ornamental qualities and are edible. Join us on this episode to find out which Florida-Friendly plants have both ornamental qualities and also can be eaten.
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Your garden checklist
Consider planting one (or more) of the plants we discussed today. Think about both ornamental and edible quality when adding new plants to your yard. Let us know your favorites by tagging us @PolkGardening on Facebook or Instagram.
Learn more
- Find your local UF/IFAS Extension office
- If you are not in Polk County, Contact your local UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Clinic
- Your Central Florida Yard newsletter
- Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @PolkGardening
- Find information about nutrition and nutrition programming in Polk County
- Eventbrite for upcoming classes and workshops
- Floridacitrus.org/recipes
- Chickasaw Plum
- Citrus
- Blueberry
- Beautyberry
- Prickly pear cactus
- Perennial peanut
- Rosemary
- Roselle
- Seminole pumpkin
- Growing Seminole Pumpkins in Your Central Florida Landscape (video)
For more information, contact UF/IFAS Extension Polk County at (863) 519-1041 or visit us online at http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/polk. The Plant Clinic is open Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-4:00 pm to answer your gardening and landscaping questions. Give us a call or email us at polkmg@ifas.ufl.edu.
If you are not in Polk County, Contact your local UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Clinic.
The Florida Master Gardener Volunteer Program is a volunteer-driven program that benefits UF/IFAS Extension and the citizens of Florida. The program extends the vision of the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, all the while protecting and sustaining natural resources and environmental systems, enhancing the development of human resources, and improving the quality of human life through the development of knowledge in agricultural, human and natural resources and making that knowledge accessible.
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