What's blooming in my garden in June 2022? PART 1

June 03, 2022

Rouge Plant (Rivina humilis)

This one is a volunteer that came up next to the front porch. The plants that come up as volunteers seem to thrive better than the ones that I planted in the first place!

Lantana Involucrata

These lantana are native to Florida - and both of these are volunteers as well. I didn't realize that the white flowers fall away and become purple berries - I hadn't really noticed that before. the small plant shown on the right has small purple berries, that I didn't recognize. I had to use the google lens app to tell me it was a Lantana Involucrata.

Bush Allamanda - very pretty yellow flowers; non-native;

although currently "not a problem species", it is considered a

"high invasive risk". I transplanted this from a previous house

because I loved the beautiful flowers. I may decide to take it out, given the focus of planting native plants in my garden.

Another non-native - Bleeding Heart.

Clerodendrum thomsoniae

This was also brought with me from the previous house.

It is Florida Friendly and likes bright shade. I have this

planted on the east side of my house and it seems to

really like it there!

Next to the Bleeding heart, there is this Squirrel's Tail growing. (Justicia betonica) It is sometimes called a White Shrimp Plant, since it resembles the more common yellow shrimp plant. I originally acquired this plant (it's ancestor) from the plant sale at the Butterfly Garden/Museum in Gainesville, FL. It was being sold as a butterfly attractor, and at first I thought it was a native Florida plant. Alas, I discovered that it was not a Florida Native. It is native to Africa and Southern Asia

Sea Ox-eye Daisy (Borrichia frutescens)

Florida Native

Dune Sunflower Helianthus debilis

Beach Croton - Croton punctatus a Florida native. This is not the croton you may be used to that has variable colors, but it is a lovely bushy plant that will grow right next to the IRL or beach. These plants are only a couple years old, but have grown into a nice size bush - probably about three feet wide and over two feet high. Some sites refer to it as Beach Tea.

This is likely Beach Verbena - or Coastal Mock Vervain

Glandularia maritima

It is growing among the Sea Ox-eye daisy and some native grasses on the east side of the house.

Here is my Sea Lavender (Heliotropium gnaphalodes) with it's small white flowers past blooming and leaving behind what I suppose are some yellow seeds. The bush is now about three feet high and three feet wide.