A plant that normally lives for more than two years. Trees and shrubs are perennial plants. Some perennials die back to the roots each winter but new shoots grow again in the spring. [AGROVOC]

Perennials

Flowers

Flores

Bulb Crops

Cultivos de bulbos 

Florida gardeners can choose from a wide variety of bulbous plants that will thrive and produce beautiful flowers year after year with proper care. Bulbous plants have thickened underground storage organs which enable them to survive unfavorable environmental conditions. These underground organs are usually the propagative units of the plants.

Los jardineros de Florida pueden elegir entre una amplia variedad de plantas bulbosas que prosperar&aacute;n y producir&aacute;n hermosas flores a&ntilde;o tras a&ntilde;o con el cuidado adecuado. Las plantas bulbosas tienen &oacute;rganos de almacenamiento subterr&aacute;neos engrosados ​​que les permiten sobrevivir en condiciones ambientales desfavorables. Estos &oacute;rganos subterr&aacute;neos suelen ser las unidades de propagaci&oacute;n de las plantas.

Bulbs for Florida

Cultivos de bulbos en Florida 

Amaryllis

Begonia

Begonias

Caladium

A fine specimen plant, crinum lilies also make excellent underplantings for palms or other coarsely textured landscape plants. They are well-suited to hot, dry locations, and grow from what are among the largest true bulbs, some weighing over 40-pounds.
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Crinum

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Dahlia

Dalia

Rainlily

Lirio de lluvia

associate professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Plant City FL <a href="http://vivo.ufl.edu/display/n30749">VIVO profile</a>

Narrower Topics

Amaryllis

Begonia

Caladium

Crinum

Dahlia

Rainlily

Publications

Agapanthus orientalis: Agapanthus, African Lily, Lily of the Nile

Daylilies for Florida

Native Aquatic and Wetland Plants: Golden Canna: Canna flaccida

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