I'm looking for some recommendations on South Florida nurseries (specifically anywhere off the I-95 area down to Homestead). My wife and I will be driving down from SC at the end of the month and thought we'd take advantage of the many nurseries/gardens and pick up a few tropical plants. I'd also like to visit a few palm nurseries. Of course, we need only commercial places since we'd be buying 1 or 2 plants at a time.
Any suggestions? Also, do any of these places work on Saturday, or just week days?
I did find this list online:
http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu/Programs/fyn/publications/PDF/Native-Nurseries-in-South-Florida.PDF
Thanks,
-John
Best South Florida nurseries?
I'd like this info also, hope you get some good input.
Have you checked Fairchild's schedule to see it they have anything going on?
www.fairchildgarden.org
JESSE NURSERY (954) 792-2297 in Ft, Lauderdale, excellent , call first
open up to saturday< about a few miles off 1-95
REE GARDENS (305) 237-2258 in Miami THE BEST. call for appointment.
They have open house this weekend sat & sun.
Armando.
Now I wish we were going this weekend.
Thanks guys. I'll make sure we add these to our list for Friday the 25th.
Just to add to your list: Excelsa Gardens loxahatcee fl. (561) 7903789, Natural S elections Exotics, email nsexotics@bellsouth.net web site naturalselectionsexotics.com I have visited these and the above listed nurserys and brought trpoical plants from them all. Highly recommend them all! You will find out that you will need more than a week to see all of them! Happy shopping. jerry
Thanks Jerry. I'll add that one too. Looks like their site is down at the moment, so I'll try it again later.
Palm Hammock is a wonderful place to visit. http://members.tripod.com/~PalmHammockOrchidEst/phoe.html
Anyone ever been or heard of Flamingo Plants,Inc?
I found there website and they seem to have a nice variety as well. They give a PO BOX though, so I'm not quite sure where they are located.
http://www.flamingoplants.com/servlet/StoreFront
John:
Check this link: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/529767/
WOW there are so many nurseries here just south of Miami. We came up 997 today and have found some incredible deals on some tropicals. I cannot believe how much I have to pay back home in SC for the things sold cheap as dirt here. I could have purchased a 20' palm for the same price I paid for a 6' one in SC. I'm glad we rented a SUV for the trip, else we'd never get so many great new items home.
Paradise Groves (which I think has a new name now as noted in the link above) at 18800 SW 137th Ave. was a great stop.
Rockledge Gardens in Rockledge was also really nice. We'll stop back there on Tuesday heading home. I was surprised they could grow many of the palms they did in the ground that far north. It must be a micro-climate being that close to the east coast.