Florida Spectacular
Take a weekly trip across Florida with authors Cathy Salustri and Rick Kilby and discover a side of Florida you never knew existed. From the scallops in Panhandle bays to the Hemingway cats in Key West, every week's a Florida adventure.
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Florida Spectacular
Episode 90: Native Wildflowers
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A special guest this week as Stacey Matrazzo, Executive Director for the Florida Wildflower Foundation joined the show. She is the co-author of Native Plants for Florida Gardens, which she wrote with botanist/restoration ecologist Nancy Bissett.
Stacey has a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and a master’s degree in liberal studies from Rollins College, where she is also an adjunct professor. A native Floridian and certified Florida Master Naturalist, she spends much of her free time kayaking, hiking, birding and photographing Florida’s amazing natural environments.
Find resources on how to select, grow and maintain native plants at FlaWildflowers.org.
Links we mentioned:
noblenativegardens on Instagram
Florida Wildflower Growers Cooperative (order Florida wildflower seeds!)
Green Isle Gardens in Groveland
Find great colorful native plants (like tropical sage) at a Florida Association of Native Nurseries retailer (plantrealflorida.org)
Find resources on how to select, grow and maintain native plants at flawildflowers.org
Find Rick on Twitter @OldFLA and online at RickKilby.com.
Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com.
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NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we'll have an expert answer them on the show! Use this link!
