Landscape Plants for Miami

Butterfly Weed

• The butterfly weed is a perennial wildflower with bright orange blossoms. It blossoms in summer, and attracts both hummingbirds and butterflies to your yard. If you are including a butterfly garden in your landscaping project, this plant should be included.

Rain Lily

• Rain lilies are native to Florida. They put forth their white, pink, red, or yellow flowers after it rains in the spring or summer. These flowers do not need much watering and go dormant during the cool winter months. Rain lilies flower best when crowded.

Whirling Butterfly

• Whirling butterflies are perennials that grow in loose clumps. The flowers are set high up above the leaves on long spikes. This plant actually changes the color of its flowers during the course of the day. When its flowers open at dawn, they are white, but by the end of the day have a rosy pink hue.

Stonecrop

• If you are landscaping with rock, stonecrop is a appropriate choice. It grows well on rocks surfaces and is suited for either sun or shade. In the autumn stonecrop puts out vibrant flowers of white, pink, or red.

Mexican Alvaradoa

• The Mexican alvaradoa tree flowers in the winter time, when many other plants have gone dormant. Its flowers hang off of 4-inch-long hanging spikes, alongside red fruits. Growing over 30 feet tall, these trees are very drought tolerant.

Torchwood

• The torchwood is a small citrus tree with purple fruit that never grows more than 15 feet tall. It puts out small white flowers in the spring. Both the flowers and the leaves of the torchwood tree are fragrant.

Bird Pepper Tree

• If you want to attract birds to your yard, try the bird pepper tree. This dwarf evergreen shrub produces tiny, extremely hot peppers that many birds find highly attractive.

Bloodberry Bush

• Bloodberry bushes make good hedges in the Miami area. They have dense branches, which make them difficult to see through, and they quickly grow into neighboring shrubbery. They put out clusters of tiny white flowers and small, bright red berries.

Darling Plum Tree

• The darling plum tree is a short tree with dull green leaves. It produces tiny yellow flowers, followed by edible plums. This tree needs a lot of sunlight and is very drought tolerant.