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09-23-2008, 11:46 AM
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What is the most beautiful plant of Florida?
What is the most beautiful plant of Florida?
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09-23-2008, 11:56 AM
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royal palm or foxtail palm
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09-23-2008, 12:02 PM
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In Limbo
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I really like Palms.
I've got a bunch of banana trees in my backyard, and while they are nice to look at, they die as soon as they produce fruit and are messy messy!
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09-23-2008, 12:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lulu101
What is the most beautiful plant of Florida?
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Hard to pick. I was going to post pictures, but I'd need to put them on a site.
Anyway, I couldn't decide. Banyan trees would probably be my favorite, but they're not indigenous--in fact, they're relative newcomers, so maybe they shouldn't qualify. Then I thought maybe it would be Spanish moss-covered oaks for my second choice, but looking for pictures of those reminded me of all those weird epiphytes I love, and mangroves, and cypress trees, and, especially in the right setting, stuff like sea oats, huge plains-like vistas filled with sawgrass, etc., and I didn't even start trying to factor in all the palms, relatively unusual plants like elephant ears, all the more showy flowering plants, etc.
. . . so my final answer has to be -- all of 'em! |
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09-23-2008, 01:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lulu101
What is the most beautiful plant of Florida?
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All of them!!! 
But, to me, nothing surpasses a Royal Poinciana in full bloom!!  |
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09-23-2008, 02:02 PM
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Waiting to pick up the pieces from the crash
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We have a lot of unique showy plants and trees. Noplace else in the USA has the color and variety of the trees that grow here. Too bad few plant them anymore. Palm trees are nothing great except maybe a source of energy.
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09-23-2008, 03:22 PM
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I like this one. I am not sure what it is though.
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09-23-2008, 03:25 PM
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did you find that growing in one of your tenants houses? 
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Originally Posted by Mike Peterson
I like this one. I am not sure what it is though.
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09-23-2008, 03:32 PM
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Licensed real estate professional
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While I think Mike may have a solution to the economy...
I think my favorite plant is the Tabebuia. With a soft wood and quick growing habit, they develop into a very showy specimen in just a few years. The gnarly bark is attractive all by itself. Shedding it's leaves at the same time it blooms, the yellow blossomed tree is very striking. It only rival is the Royal Poinciana.
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09-23-2008, 04:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lulu101
did you find that growing in one of your tenants houses? |
No, It just grows wild all over my property. |
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