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Originally Posted by Velvet

Florida friendly plants are a wonderful idea - but I have noticed that very few things are planted in the actual soil around TV. There is a landscape sheet, in a raised bed, and different soil in it or there is mulch and stone. I’d like to know what grows in the natural soil other than the thick stemmed grass that everyone seems to have? I drove around to the surrounding farms and Ocala forest etc to get an idea as to what grows naturally around here. There are these beautiful oaks that grow naturally but I seem to have a palm in front of my house. I’d love to bring back some of the natural plants if the deeds allow it.

I have no idea what species of palm you have in your yard, but there are a few that are native to Florida.

•Everglades Palm / Paurotis Palm. Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
•Florida Silver Palm. Coccothrinax argentata
•Needle Palm. Rhapidophyllum hystrix,
•Royal Palm. Roystonea oleracea
•Cabbage Palm. Sabal palmetto

I've seen Everglades, Needle and Sabal palmetto in The Villages, Sabal palmetto by far the most common. The Royal & Silver would not be cold hardy in TV.