Native Vines

Colorful, fast-growing, long-blooming and important for pollinators.

Climbing Aster

Symphyotrichum carolinianum

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Deciduous

Huge attractor for native pollinators in the fall. Very showy. Sprawling and deciduous so best for a natural look or along a trellis, with trimming, or in a container.

Coral Honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

Use as groundcover, shrub or vine. Coral flowers most of year. Hummingbird attractor.

Crossvine

Bignonia capreolata

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

Showy trumpet vine. Red/yellow flowers in spring.

Key West Morning Glory

Jacquemontia pentanthos

Cold: Tender Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

Well behaved, twining vine with sky blue flowers from fall to spring.

Man-in-the-Ground

Ipomoea microdactyla

Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Semi-Deciduous

Bright pink showy flowers year round. Will drop leaves during drought. Hummingbird and butterfly attractor.

Ocean Blue Morning Glory

Ipomoea indica

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Sun Salt: High Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

Fast growing and vigorous. Large purple flowers bloom year round and attract numerous pollinators including butterflies.

Passionvine, Corkystem

Passiflora suberosa

Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade / Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

Small yellow/green flowers. Butterfly attractor and host plant.

Passionvine, Purple (aka Maypop)

Passiflora incarnata

Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen

Purple flowers in spring and summer. Butterfly attractor and host plant. Edible fruit.

Passionvine, Pineland

Passiflora pallens

Cold: Semi-Tender Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

White flowers in spring and summer. Butterfly attractor and host plant.

White Twinevine

Funastrum clausum

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

Host plant for Monarch, Queen and Soldier butterflies. Sprawling so best garden placement is along a trellis with regular trimming, or in a container.

We try to carry these amazing plants at the Nursery year round, to the best of our ability. Availability changes daily, so please call us (941) 322-1915 or send an email to info@floridanativeplants.com before visiting to make sure your specific sought after plants are in stock.

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The Conditions

Cold

Hardy
Semi-hardy
Tender

Light

Sun
Partial Shade
Shade

Salt

Excellent
Fair
Poor

Soil PH

Wide
Acid
Alkaline

Moisture

Dry
Average
Moist
Flooded

Leaves

Evergreen
Semi-deciduous
Deciduous