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

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

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

Spurred Butterfly Pea: Native Florida host plant

Spurred Butterfly Pea (centrosema virginianum) is a Florida native vining perennial. These fragile fines can grow up to 6 feet long or more at a

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

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

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

Cowpeas: edible, nitrogen-fixing, chop & drop

If I had to recommend 5 plants every gardener should grow – Cowpeas would be one of them. benefits of growing cowpeas in the garden