Horticulture

The fennel planted in the Kitchen Garden is flourishing this season! Did you know that fennel is a member of the carrot family? Every part of the fennel plant is […]

Behind-the-scenes in the Center for Plant Conservation National Collection beds at the Gardens are over 240 plants of the federally endangered shrub Florida Ziziphus (Ziziphus celata). This ex situ or

Savannas Mint (Dicerandra immaculata var. savannarum) was historically known from one small natural population on private property in a housing subdivision in south St. Lucie County. Following construction of a

In the Center for Plant Conservation National Collection beds at Bok Tower Gardens, many of the false rosemary species (Conradina spp.) were in peak bloom in February. Housed in the

Seeds of Florida bluecurls (Trichostema suffrutescens) finally ripened in January following the end of flowering and beginning of seed development back in October, when The Rare Plant Conservation Program had

Behind the scenes at Bok Tower Gardens, the Rare Plant Conservation Program maintains a National Collection of rare plants. The maintenance and curation of this collection is part of our

Each November brings the start of the annual monitoring of Florida Goldenaster, Chrysopsis floridana. Florida Goldenaster is a narrow endemic aster that listed as endangered in 1986. It grows in

The rapid reemergence of native species is an incredible site to behold in the following days and weeks after fire. Florida’s native species, both flora and fauna, have adapted to

Each year, the Rare Plant Conservation Program collects seeds from the ex situ population of Florida Ziziphus (Ziziphus celata) in the National Collection beds and sets up a germination trial

The Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) is collaborating with the Center for Plant Conservation for a statewide initiative to preserve seeds from species not currently represented in conservation collections. The