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Attract Wildlife Improve Our Environment |
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Kester's Wild Game Food Nurseries INC |
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To sustain quality marsh area, ornamental plants are not just pretty to look at but are beneficial to wildlife. Many ornamental will attract insects that are eaten wildlife. Many of these plant have seed that are liked buy puddle ducks but do not produce an over abundance of seed. |
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Ornamental Aquatics Plants |
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Blue Iris |
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Iris versicolor Blue flag's large flowers make it almost unmistakable. They are pale blue to purple flowers and are the only large irises growing wild in Florida. Their leaves are narrow and sword like, and up to 2 1/2 feet long. The leaves are pointed and flattened. They arise fan-like from a single base. These elegant natives are medium size plants, growing to 2 to 4 feet tall. |
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Boneset |
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Eupatorium perfoliatum Prefers low, wet soils or swamps. Has beautiful white blossoms, which bloom in late summer. Grows 3 to 4 feet tall. |
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Swamp Milkweed |
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Asclepias incarnata This plant is essential for the Monarch butterfly along with promoting other much needed insect life. Grows in wet or damp soil to few inches of water, also able to tolerate dry soils. |
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Joepye Weed |
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Eupatorium maculatum Grows 2 to 5 feet tall. Flowers are purple to pink an blossom July to September. Grows in damp to dry soils. Price List |
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Horse Tail |
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Equistum arvense Grows 12 to 36 inches tall. Grows in damp to wet soils. Has a round stalk with jointed sections. Mostly ornamental. |