Joewood is a slow-growing shrub with inedible green fruit.
BELOW: Jacquemontia is a native vine with stunning blue blooms.
Both plants are salt-tolerant, making them ideal for our neighborhoods.
Photos by Jerry Lower and Susan Lerner
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Jason McCobb, his wife, Denia, and daughter, Reese, in a sunflower field on their farm.
Blooming nasturtiums in the raised bed gardens at the Farmer’s Table in Boca Raton are not only pretty but edible.
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A father and son take in the peacefulness of the Cypress Swamp.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Baton Rouge, a lichen, grows where the air quality is good.
Spider lilies are among the varied flora in the national refuge.
Purple beautyberry off
Math, science, art
and other skills grow as students
tend garden at Delray school.
Adrian Burke (left) and Zane Lingmerth stretch string to delineate 1-foot garden spaces
at Plumosa School of the Arts in Delray Beach. The kids learn that all they ne
Swiss chard can come in many colorful varieties.
Michael Page says that tending the vegetable garden at Mounts Botanical Garden is a relaxing task.
Chinese cooking staple bok choy.
Amethyst bush beans will turn green when cooked.
Photos by Jerry Lowe
Iris Jones, who provided land for the Frog Alley Community Garden, and Michele Service, a founding member, are hoping more people in the neighborhood will take advantage of the opportunity to grow their own vegetables.
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Informal Japanese gardens from the 9th to 12th centuries featured lakes and islands
and were intended to be viewed from a boat. At the Morikami, lush trees and shrubs
have been selectively pruned to create the impression you’ve been transplanted to a
The dune in Delray Beach has a mixture of native species that help trap blowing sand
and control erosion. It is more than shoulder high in many places.
Horizontal coco plum has adapted to the dune and lines the sidewalk in many places.
Dune sunflower
Soldierwood has blooms and fruit that attach on the main stem.
A recently hatched Atala butterfly shown larger than life.
The white bloom of the scorpion tail lives up to its name.
Jeff Nurge prefers to hand-water his plants to make them better trans
Customers shop in the store off U.S. 441 west of Boynton Beach. The new location
in downtown Delray Beach will have the same square footage but a different aisle configuration.
U-pick strawberries are ripening now.
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Candy Evans waters her plot at Cason Community Garden. She and a friend got the garden started
in 2008 with 20 gardeners and 2,500 square feet; now there are 40 participants
and 5,000 square feet of thriving vegetable gardens.
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Resurrection fern growing on an oak tree thrives in the humid air.
A family enjoys a walk on one of the trails.
INSET BELOW: Beauty berry lives up to its name.
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A bleeding heart blooms along the path of the butterfly garden.
Garden accessories have been repurposed,
such as this fountain surrounded by bromeliads.
Star fruit are ready for picking.
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A frangipani bloom at the Mounts Nursery.
Extracta green sage.
Tom Hewitt (left) speaks to customers at the Mounts Nursery.
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By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Anyone who visits Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm
There are plenty of orchids, decorative pots and garden accessories available at the Delray Garden Center.
Robert Glynn with one of the five macaws that have found a home at the garden center.
Classic landscape materials like this stunning hibiscus
The Palm Beach Rare Fruit Council Tropical Fruit Tree and Plant Sale at the South Florida Fair Agriplex
in West Palm Beach features hard to find plants, fruit samples, speakers and expert advice
all in a 51,000-square-foot exhibit space.
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The Olivia Kiebach Garden is a delight to visitors from any angle. Here, a child is dwarfed by the hugh buttressed roots of the kapok tree.
Munching on the leaf of a milkweed, these caterpillars will mature into monarch butterflies.
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A splash of colorful seeds and blooms highlights
the dominant green hue of most native plants. Here are a few
of the plants for sale at Meadow Beauty that would be appropriate
east of the Intracoastal Waterway: above -- Beauty berry lives up to its
As advertised, the Fountains Center in Boca Raton boasts a spectacular water feature
with waterfalls, fountains and wooden bridges.
The green and red leaves of a coleus add color and character to the commercial center’s gardens.
Photos by Jerry Lo
The herb garden at The Breakers in Palm Beach is tucked between the croquet court and the 13th hole.
Chef Joey Tuazon gathers nasturtium blooms to dress a salad.
INSET BELOW: June plum is one of the many fruit trees.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coas
