our zone 9b plants
We grow all our plants in our zone 9b food forest, close to Central Florida’s beautiful Space Coast in Brevard county.
We focus on easy to grow plants that are beneficial, edible, attract pollinators, host plants, or serve as a chop and drop plant to improve the soil in the garden.
our plants
Gandules trees: edible beans on a tree
Gandules are a huge part of the success of our zone 9b food forest. We grow these fast-growing, beneficial trees ALL OVER the property. We
false roselle: edible cranberry hibiscus
False Roselle – Growing Cranberry Hibiscus for tea and salads The Cranberry Hibiscus aka False Roselle is another one of my favorite plants in the
Spurred Butterfly Pea
Spurred Butterfly Pea (centrosema virginianum) is a Florida native vining perennial. It grows to 6 feet long or more at a moderate growth rate and
Wax Myrtle: Florida Native
The Wax Myrtle Plant, or Southern Bayberry aka Myrica Cerifera is a fast growing shrub native to South Eastern United States. It can grow up
Cowpeas: edible, nitrogen fixers and chop & drop
Cowpeas are amazing plants to have in a food forest garden. These easy to grow, hot-weather plants will shade out the weeds, fix nitrogen for
Candlestick Cassia: pollinator and nitrogen fixer
Candlestick cassia is a popular permaculture plant in our zone 9 food forest. They are great, fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing chop-and-drop plants that are buzzing with pollinators
Chaya: Tree Spinach
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius My Chaya (aka tree spinach) trees are frequently in bloom, showing off several clumps of small white flowers that are always buzzing with