In Florida ’s generally temperate climate , many plant provide free fall and winter color . Florida ’s pin and winter blooming plant descend in a variety of size , colors , and acquire habits . Some flora that wilt in the summer heat grow well in Florida ’s mild winters .
Annuals
Sweet William , one motley of dianthus , get solid or multicolored blooms and varies in height from 5 to 24 inch . Cold tolerant to USDA Zone 4 , Sweet William produce efflorescence even in Florida ’s coldest areas .
Violas tolerate cool temperature , come in a sort of both solid and multicolored forms , and bloom fall through natural spring in the south . Grow them from seed or transplant glasshouse seedling .
Zinnias produce flowers in a potpourri of colors and size of it . Zinnias have it off full sun , produce 6 to 36 inches gamey , and attract wildlife .
Ground Covers
Beach sunflowers produce yellow flowers and have a drop behind habit . This sunshine - lie with groundcover rise 12 to 24 inches in high spirits . Its high salt tolerance makes it idealistic for beachside economic consumption .
gnome lantana produces small sensationalistic flowers , prefers full sun and grow 8 inches high . Lantana works well in aggregate planting , Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree surrounds or borders .
trail lantana produces lilac flowers . This spreading sun lover grows 18 to 24 inches in high spirits and will cascade down down a stone wall or from a hang field goal .
Perennials
Mexican ling give rise white , pink or purple flowers . This perennial prefers full Dominicus and can reach a mature size of 12 to 24 inches mellow by 24 to 36 inch spacious . It works well as a borderline or in a aggregate planting , and attracts butterfly stroke .
Pentas make white , pink , crimson or lilac flowers year round in the southern one-half of Florida and during gloam in the northern part of the state . This sunshine jazz plant gain from 2 to 4 ft high-pitched and pull wildlife . The penta ’s altitude gain it a good background works .
A Florida wintertime garden favorite , impatiens bring out flush in a miscellanea of colors year around , grow good in partial shade and can give 12 inches high-pitched . Impatiens attract butterfly .
The camellia bush produces flowers in a assortment of coloring material in fall and winter . camellia choose fond shadowiness and can reach 12 feet high .
Vines
The bleeding heart vine bring about red and white flowers from outpouring through fall and grows in effect in partial shade , according to Flowering Vines of Florida by Sydney P. Brown and Gary W. Knox .
The cape Aquilegia canadensis vine produces scarlet orange flush year - round , tolerate Sunday to fond subtlety , and blooms during fall and wintertime in Central and South Florida .
Climbing roses come in a variety of colors and bouquet . This sunlight - loving favorite blooms from summertime through declension .
Attract flirt with the pipevine , which get royal and snowy flowers from summertime through winter and prefers partial shadiness .
