September - October - November
The autumn is a time when the gardens take on a whole new look. This list features plants that are still looking their best at the end of the year, as well as those unique to the season. Click on the symbol to see a photograph, read more, and access University of Florida fact sheets on how to use them in your landscape.
| Common Name |
Scientific
Name |
Flower Color |
African
Iris |
Dietes vegeta |
White, Yellow |
Allamanda |
Allamanda
neriifolia |
Yellow |
Beach
Sunflower |
Helianthus
debilis |
Yellow |
Beauty
Berry |
Callicarpa
americana |
Purple
fruit |
Begonia |
Begonia cvs |
Pink, Red |
Bird of Paradise |
Strelitzia
reginae |
Orange |
Blanket
Flower |
Gaillardia
pulchella |
Red, Orange |
Blue
Daze |
Evolvulus
glomeratus |
Blue |
Blue
Porterweed |
Stachytarpheta
jamaicensis |
Blue |
Bottle
Brush |
Callistemon
viminalis |
Red |
Brazilian
Red Cloak |
Megaskepasma
erythrochlamys |
Red |
Bromeliad |
Various |
Various |
Butterfly
Bush |
Buddleia |
White, Purple |
Butterfly
Weed |
Asclepias
curassavica |
Orange |
Button
Bush |
Cephalanthus
occidentalis |
White |
Canna |
Canna
cvs |
Orange,
Yellow |
Carambola |
Averrhoa
carambola |
Pink |
Carrion
Flower |
Stapelia
gigantea |
Tan |
Cassia |
Cassia
spp. |
Yellow |
Clerodendrum |
Clerodendrum
speciosissimum |
Red |
Clock
Vine |
Thunbergia
grandiflora |
Blue |
Crape
Jasmine |
Tabernaemontana
divaricata |
White |
Crossandra |
Crossandra
infundibuliformis |
Peach |
Crown
of Thorns |
Euphorbia
milii |
Red |
| Desert
Rose |
Adenium
obesum |
Pink |
Dwarf
Poinciana |
Caesalpinia
pulcherrima |
Red,
Yellow |
Fire
Bush |
Hamelia
patens |
Orange |
Fire
Cracker |
Russelia
equisetiformis |
Red,
White |
Firespike |
Odontonema
strictum |
Red |
| Frangipani |
Plumeria
spp. |
White,
Yellow, Pink |
Gardenia |
Gardenia
jasminoides |
White |
Ginger |
Hedychium
spp. |
White |
Golden
Dew Drop |
Duranta
erecta |
Blue |
Heliconia |
Heliconia
spp. |
Orange |
Hibiscus |
Hibiscus
rosa-sinensis |
Red,
Pink |
Ixora |
Ixora
spp. |
Red,
Yellow |
Jasmine |
Jasminum
spp. |
White |
Jatropha |
Jatropha
hastata |
Pink,
Red |
Lucky
Nut |
Thevetia
peruviana |
Yellow |
Magnolia |
Magnolia
grandiflora |
White |
Oleander |
Nerium
oleander |
Pink |
Passion
Vine |
Passiflora
spp. |
Purple |
Peacock
Ginger |
Kaempferia
pulchra |
White,
blue |
Pentas |
Pentas
lanceolata |
Red,
White |
Periwinkle |
Catharanthus
roseus |
White |
Pink
Trumpet Tree |
Tabebuia
heterophylla |
Pink |
Plumbago |
Plumbago
capensis |
Blue |
Powder
Puff |
Calliandra
haematocephala |
Red, White |
Roses |
Rosa |
Various |
Salvia |
Salvia
coccinea |
Red |
Shrimp Plant |
Pachystachys lutea |
Yellow |
Society
Garlic |
Tulbaghia
violacea |
Blue |
Spiderwort |
Tradescantia
ohiensis |
Blue |
| Spineless
Yucca |
Yucca
elephantipes |
White |
Sunshine Mimosa |
Mimosa
strigillosa |
Pink |
| Swamp
Lily |
Crinum
americanum |
White |
Thryallis |
Galphimia
glauca |
Yellow |
| Trailing
Rosemary |
Rosmarinus
officinalis |
Purple |
Turks Cap Mallow |
Malvaviscus
arboreus |
Red,
Pink |
| Vitex |
Vitex
trifolia 'Variegata' |
Purple |
| Waterlily |
Nymphaea cvs |
Blue |
White Bird of Paradise |
Strelitzia
nicolai |
White |
Wild Olive |
Cordia
Boissieri |
White |
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