Plants Likely to Reseed in Florida Gardens

by Derek Burch and Ellen West Demmy

 

These free-seeders will choose their own spot to call home. You may use this list as a warning or as a promise depending on your style of gardening.

 

We don't think that any of these except perhaps Catharanthus has made any of the lists of Escapers-that-are-menacing-the- Everglades. Inside your garden is another matter, but most of these are too useful to pass up from some wimpy premise that they will come back to haunt you.


Short Plants

Abelmoschus moschatus Musk mallow
Ageratum houstonianum
Antirrhinum majus
Snapdragon
Catharanthus roseus
Periwinkle, vinca
Cosmos
hybrids
Cuphea hyssopifolia
Dyssodia tenuiloba
Dahlberg daisy
Gaillardia pulchella
Blanket flower
Impatiens
cvs.
Lobularia maritima Sweet alyssum
Melampodium paludosum
Ocimum basilicum
Basil
Petunia
cvs.
Portulaca cvs.
Ruellia brittoniana
' Katie'
Salvia splendens
Tagetes
hybrids Marigold
Torenia fournieri
Clown flower
Tropaeolum peregrinum
Nasturtium
Zinnia
cvs.

Medium Height

Asclepias curassavica Milkweed
Celosia spicata

Centratherum punctatum
False bachelor's buttons
Cleome spinosa
Crossandra
spp
Mirabilis jalapa
Four o'clock
Ruellia brittoniana
Setaria palmifolia
Turnera ulmifolia
Verbena bonariensis
Verbesina
spp.

Giants

Helianthus annuus Sunflower
Tithonia rotundifolia
Mexican sunflower

Vines

Ipomoea spp. Morning glory
Lablab purpurea
Red bean
Luffa cylindrica
Vegetable sponge
Pachyrrhizus erosus Jicama


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