Have you been out and about in the past couple of weeks and had a beautiful white fluffy shrub catch your eye? If so, you were very likely looking at a fringe tree (Chionanthus sp.) … Read More
Tip Top with Tillandsia
On your next visit, take a peek at the new and improved Tillandsia Wall, the Horticulture team recently refurbished. The team painstakingly took each line down, removed each plant, cleaned-up and re-used those plants that … Read More
Protecting Rare Tampa Vervain
This month, The Rare Plant Conservation Program assisted the Conservation and Environmental Lands Management Program of Hillsborough County in seed collection for the rare Tampa vervain, Glandularia tampensis. Hillsborough County staff recently found a previously … Read More
A Golden Opportunity for Goldenaster
In January 2021, the Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) began a project to investigate how successful seed sowing may be to create new populations of Florida goldenaster, Chrysopsis floridana. We have successfully created several new … Read More
Counting Cooley’s Waterwillow
The Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP), with federal and state partners, began a project to map existing populations of the rare Cooley’s waterwillow, Justicia cooleyi, collect leaf samples for genetic analysis, and record field observations … Read More
Conserving Clasping Warea with The Duke Energy Foundation
The Duke Energy Foundation has graciously provided funding to the Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) since 2016 to restore and protect Florida’s unique flora and habitats. This work focuses on protecting federally endangered plant species … Read More
Safeguarding The Rare Blue Calamintha Bee
A rare plant species being safeguarded at Bok Tower Gardens in the Center for Plant Conservation National Collection, Ashe’s Calamint (Calamintha ashei), has received some popularity in the local and mainstream news media as a … Read More
Lakela’s Mint Update
In 2019, the Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) began a project funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to introduce a new population of the endangered Lakela’s Mint in a protected conservation area in … Read More
Coming to the Rescue of Gulf Coast Lupine
The Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) at Bok Tower Gardens is working to rescue numerous Gulf Coast Lupine plants, (Lupinus westianus) from an area that will be expanded to provide parking and public beach access … Read More
More About Monarchs
One of the most recognizable butterflies on the planet is the monarch butterfly, with its familiar orange wings laced with black lines and bordered with white dots. They are famous for their seasonal migration when … Read More