Marco Island Native Makeovers: Manicured to Natural

Presented at the South Florida Native Plant Seminar October 18-19, 2023 Naples Botanical Garden

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FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPES ON MARCO ISLAND A Presentation to the Florida Association of Native Nurseries Seminar.

Naples Botanical Gardens October 18th, 2023

BY ERYK S. JADASZEWSKI EVERGLADES NATIVE DESIGNS LLC NAPLES, FL. (239) 300-8115

INCORPORATING A VARIETY OF INDIGENOUS PLANTS FOUND OR ONCE FOUND IN THAT AREA.

WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD RESIDENCIAL FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPE?

USING NATIVE PLANTS THAT WILL THRIVE IN THE PRESENT ON SITE CONDITIONS. NOT OVER CROWDING, CONSIDER THEIR MATURE SIZE IN RELATION TO SITE AND STRUCTURES. USING THE NATIVE RIGHT PLANTS IN THE RIGHT PLACES. ATTRACTING DESIREABLE WILDLIFE, POLLINATORS, SONGBIRDS. LET’S LOOK AT 3 PROJECTS FROM 2020

#1

CAMEO COURT, MARCO ISLAND

BEFORE: * ORANGE IXORAS * PYGMY DATE PALMS * JASIMINE * ST. AUGUSTINE GRASS ** OTHER UNRECALLABLE AND OVER PRUNED EXOTIC SHRUBS

REMOVAL OF OVER PRUNED, OLD, TIRED, EXOTIC VEGETATION

LANDSCAPE HUMOR:

uLOCAL LIMESTOCK BOULDERS REQUIRE LITTLE

PRUNING, MINIMAL WATERING AND RARELY NEED FERTILIZING!

* ORGANIC TOSOIL (IF NEEDED)

ELEMENTS OF A MARCO ISLAND LANDSCAPE:

* POSSIBLY SOME LOCAL LIMESTONE ROCK AND BOULDERS

* FROST FREE /COASTAL NATIVE TREES, PALMS, SHRUBS, GRASSES

* COASTAL, FLOWERING GROUNDCOVER NATIVES FOR POLLINATORS

* MULCHES - SEA SHELL AND BROWN BARK MULCH * DRIP IRRIGATION FOR WATER CONSERVATION IN BEDS

PLANTS WE CHOOSE FOR THIS PROJECT

uFLORIDA THATCH PALMS uBLUE PORTERWEED uPINELAND LANTANA uCOONTIE uBUTTON SAGE LANTANA uCINNOMON BARK TREE uFIREBUSH uWILD COFFEE uMYRSINE uMUHLY GRASS uBAHAMA CASSIA

NATIVE LANATANASFOR BUTTERFLYS DWARF PINELAND LANTANA - (LANTANA DEPRESA VAR. DEPRESA)

uBUTTONSAGE OR

SANIBEL LANTANA – (LANTANA INVOLUCRATA)

PORTERWEED STACHYTARPHETA JAMAICENSIS

FIREBUSH HAMELIA PETENS

BAHAMA CASSIA SENNA MEXICANA VAR. CHAPMANII

LOW, TALL AND MEDIUM SHRUBS

AFTER COMPLETION ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER

6 MONTHS LATER

#2 SNOWBERRY COURT BORROWING OWL HABITAT, MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA

BEFORE: TYPICAL MARCO ISLAND LANDSCAPE: *ST. AUGUSTINE LAWN *OVER PRUNED IXORAS *MEXICAN PETUNIAS *CROTONS *HIBISCUS

SOME OF THE NATIVE PLANTS USED: *BEACH DUNE SUNFLOWER COONTIE *FLORIDA THATCH PALMS *MUHLY GRASS *SPANISH STOPPER *FAK. GRASS, *BEACH VERBENA *PINELAND LANTANA *PINELAND CROTON *WILD COFFEE *WEST INDIAN LILAC

SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETION

I DON’T LIKE TO BRAG..…….BUT!

A GUEST IN OUR SNOWBERRY COURT PROJECT!

#3 Quintara Court, Marco Island, Florida

BEFORE: AUGUST 2020

PLANT SELECTION: COASTAL AND SUBTROPICAL FLORIDA NATIVES

NATIVES FOR ATTRACTING SONGBRIDS, BUTTERFLIES AND OTHER POLLINATORS: u

BLUE PORTERWEED AND PINELAND LANTANA

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DUNE SUNFLOWER AND BEACH VERBENA

u

COONTIE (CYCAD) AND SUNSHINE MIMOSA

u

WHITE, SIMPSON AND SPANISH STOPPERS

u

RANDIA AND COCO PLUM SHRUBS

u

WILLOW BUSTIC TREE

u

SAW PALMETTO AND SABAL MINOR PALMS

u

NECKLACE POD

u

PASSION AND CAROLINIA JESSIMINE VINES

u

PRIVET CASSIA AND FIREBUSH SHRUBS

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WILD AND BAHAMA COFFEE

INSTALLATION

FLORIDA THATCH PALM ARE OUR SIGNATURE PALM!

INSTALLATION

PINELAND LANTANA

PEPEROMIA

BEACH DUNE SUNFLOWER

FULL SUN

SHADE

MINIMAL IRRIGATION

CHOICES OF GROUNDCOVERS

FIREBUSH

NECKLACE POD

POLLINATOR SHRUBS

MARLBERRY

COCO PLUM

SAW PALMETTO

BAHAMA COFFEE

MORE NATIVES PLANTS FROM THE PROJECT

AUGUST 2020

AUGUST 2023

USE OF LOCAL LIMESTONE BOULDERS, ROCKS AND SEASHELLS

LIMESTOCK BOULDERS, SEASHELLS AND MULCH

PRESERVING AND ENHANCING THE AREA AROUND THIS GUMBO LIMBO TREE

AUGUST 2020 AUGUST 2023

ENTRANCE WITH SPANISH STOPPERS, THATCH PALMS, COONTIES, COFFES AND PORTERWEED

MYRSINE SCREEN

BLUE STEM PALMETTO

SPANISH STOPPER

uYELLOW CAROLINA

JESSIMINE VINE

uPURPLE PASSION VINE

OR ‘MAYPOP’

AMERICAN BEAUTYBERRY BEACH VERBENA, BEACH DUNE SUNFLOWER, HORIZONTAL (WHITE FRUITED) COCO PLUM

THANK YOU!

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