Naples Botanical Garden offers limited quantities of Evenstad Horticulture Campus grown selections of rare, regionally appropriate, plants for sale. These selected species are well adapted to our local environment to be great performers in Southwest Florida’s challenging climate. Our plants have been uniquely grown in tall forestry pots and have not been allowed to become root bound. 

The summer rainy season is the perfect time to add something new to your landscape. We are offering many species that will thrive once planted in the right location. When you visit the sale, please come prepared with ideas of your interest and location and our experts will guide you through the process for the most appropriate plant selection.

Cassias

Pink Shower Tree – Cassia javanica

Size: Approximately 30 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full sun
About: Blooms with pink, pendulous flowers

Peach Blossom Cassia – Cassia bakeriana

Size: 30 – 50 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full sun
About: Large clusters of pink flowers in spring after the tree loses its leaves

Golden Shower Tree – Cassia fistula

Size: 15 – 45 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full- to-partial sun
About: 18-inch-long clusters of pendulous flowers

Pink Shower Tree – Cassia grandis

Size: 30 – 50 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full- to-partial sun
About: Loses its leaves when it develops large clusters of pendulous pink flowers in the spring

Bronze Shower Tree – Cassia moschata

Size: Medium sized, about 30 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil
About: Long pendulous flowers in maroon, pink, and gold

Edible Plants

Banana – Musa sp. ‘Dward Red’

About: Dwarf variety growing 6 – 8 feet in height. Sweet lady finger banana that produces red skinned fruit.
Care: Full sun, plenty of water.

Papaya – Carica papaya, ‘red lady’

About: Small, sparsely branched tree to 10 – 15 feet. Should start to set red fleshed fruit around 3 feet in height. This hybrid is heat tolerant and resistant to Papaya Ring Spot Virus.
Care: Full sun, plenty of water.

Roselle – Hibiscus sabdariffa

About: Annual/semi-perennial shrub growing to 7 feet tall. Red calyxes are harvested in fall after flowering for use in tea.

Sweet Tamarind –Tamarindus indica

About: Large, wind resistant tree to 50 feet, but often smaller. Commonly used in Southeast Asian and Caribbean recipes. Usually begins to produce fruit within 4 – 5 years from planting. Flowers in the spring and matures in mid – late summer.
Care: Full sun, well draining soil.

Turmeric ‘Hawaii Red” – Curcuma longa

About: Herbaceous perennial plant that produces rhizome for culinary use. Typically planted in spring/early summer and harvested in late fall as the plant will become dormant and lose foliage. Rhizome can be dug up to use in cooking and saved for planting the following growing season. This variety is sourced from Hawaii and contains 4.8%-6% curcumin in dried samples.

Palms

Coccothrinax sp.

Care: Average, well-draining soil and bright filtered light to full sun
About: These are adapted species to alkaline soil. Tolerant of Southwest Florida climate and conditions.

Florida Thatch Palm – Thrinax radiata

Size: 40 feet tall with a trunk diameter of only 5 inches
Care: Sandy, well-draining soil and full sun, tolerant of salt and wind
About: Slow growing, accent or specimen tree with a 6-foot-wide crown of palmate, dark green leaves. Good in the landscape, along roadsides, and median strips. Good for containers.

Florida Thatch Palm. Photo credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thrinax_Radiata.JPG

Plumeria

Plumeria rubra ‘Bali Whirl’

Size: Up to 20 feet
Plumeria Cutting Care: Pot cutting in a well-draining potting mix to ensure good aeration and prevent waterlogging. Place the pot in a warm, sunny spot. As soon as the cutting shows the first leaves, start watering sparingly, allowing the soil to dry out slightly between waterings.
Care: Bright sun and well-draining soil
About: Deciduous, succulent tree with fragrant, showy bloom

Plumeria rubra ‘Col’s Cooktown Sunset’

Size: Up to 20 feet
Plumeria Cutting Care: Pot cutting in a well-draining potting mix to ensure good aeration and prevent waterlogging. Place the pot in a warm, sunny spot. As soon as the cutting shows the first leaves, start watering sparingly, allowing the soil to dry out slightly between waterings.
Care: Bright sun and well-draining soil
About: Deciduous, succulent tree with fragrant, showy blooms

Plumeria rubra ‘Fruit Salad Caboolture’

Size: Up to 20 feet
Plumeria Cutting Care: Pot cutting in a well-draining potting mix to ensure good aeration and prevent waterlogging. Place the pot in a warm, sunny spot. As soon as the cutting shows the first leaves, start watering sparingly, allowing the soil to dry out slightly between waterings.
Care: Bright sun and well-draining soil
About: Deciduous, succulent tree with fragrant, showy bloom

Plumeria rubra ‘Lady Lois’

Size: Up to 20 feet
Plumeria Cutting Care: Pot cutting in a well-draining potting mix to ensure good aeration and prevent waterlogging. Place the pot in a warm, sunny spot. As soon as the cutting shows the first leaves, start watering sparingly, allowing the soil to dry out slightly between waterings.
Care: Bright sun and well-draining soil
About: Deciduous, succulent tree with fragrant, showy bloom

Plumeria rubra ‘Ryann Chelsey’

Size: Up to 20 feet
Plumeria Cutting Care: Pot cutting in a well-draining potting mix to ensure good aeration and prevent waterlogging. Place the pot in a warm, sunny spot. As soon as the cutting shows the first leaves, start watering sparingly, allowing the soil to dry out slightly between waterings.
Care: Bright sun and well-draining soil
About: Deciduous, succulent tree with fragrant, showy bloom

Plumeria rubra ‘Sharon Lavonne’

Size: Up to 20 feet
Plumeria Cutting Care: Pot cutting in a well-draining potting mix to ensure good aeration and prevent waterlogging. Place the pot in a warm, sunny spot. As soon as the cutting shows the first leaves, start watering sparingly, allowing the soil to dry out slightly between waterings.
Care: Bright sun and well-draining soil
About: Deciduous, succulent tree with fragrant, showy bloom

Trumpet Trees

Trumpet Tree – Handroanthus ochraceus

Size: Up to 35 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full sun
About: Medium- to-large tree with yellow trumpet shaped flowers borne in clusters

Trumpet Tree Hybrid – Handroanthus x

Size: Variable but usually small tree
Care: Average, well-draining soil
About: Trumpet-shaped white flowers with a yellow throat. Good host for orchids and epiphytes. Seasonal color bursts in springtime.

Golden Trumpet Tree – Handroanthus chrysotrichus

Size: 20 – 25 feet
Care: Fertile, well-draining soil
About: Yellow flowers in clusters that bloom in late winter or spring

Pink Trumpet Tree – Handroanthus impetiginosum

Size: About 35 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full sun
About: Trumpet-shaped pink flowers with yellow throats that bloom in dense clusters in late winter or spring

Yellow Trumpet Tree – Handroanthus riodocensis

Size: Medium- to-large tree
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full sun
About: Yellow trumpet-shaped flowers borne in clusters

Assorted Trees & Plants

Blolly – Guapira discolor

Size: 10 – 25 feet
Care: Moist, well-draining soil and full sun to light shade
About: Guapira discolor is also known as the blolly tree or beef tree. It can tolerate short periods of drought but is not tolerant of long-term saltwater flooding. Good mixed buffer plant.

Braceletwood – Jacquinia arborea

Size: 8 feet
Care: Sandy, well-draining soil and full sun
About: Salt tolerant and suitable to dry environments; has white flowers and red berries

Bridalveil Tree – Caesalpinia granadillo

Size: 20 – 30 feet
Care: Average to poor soil, well-draining and full to partial sun
About: Small yellow flowers grouped together on erect stems with arching branches

Carib Wood – Poitea carinalis

About: Shrub or small tree growing up to 15 – 20 feet. Pea shaped red flowers bloom in the dry season. 
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full sun.

Cinnamon Bark – Canella winterana

Size: 20 – 30 feet
Care: Moderate moisture but well-draining soil and full sun to dappled shade
About: Native tree with small flowers and red-purple berries. Slow growing with colorful fruit, manageable as a shrub or small tree.

Desert Cassia– Senna polyphylla

Size: Up to 15 feet
Care: Average, well draining soil and full sun to partial shade
About: Yellow flowers almost year-round, compact flowering tree.

Florida Keys Blackbead – Pithecellobium keyense

Size: Shrub or small tree
Care: Sandy, well-draining soil and full sun
About: Powderpuff-like flowers with coiling red seed pods that slip open to reveal a black seed. Good native tree with small fragrant flowers and seeds that attract birds. Good for border/ buffer plantings.

Agave – Agave

Size: Large succulent, 4 – 5 feet wide
Care: Well-draining soil in full sun
About: Eventually develops a trunk

Jacaranda sp.

Size: Medium size tree to about 25 feet
Care: Bluish-purple trumpet shaped flowers. The tree drops all its leaves when in bloom during the dry season.
About: Average, well-draining soil and full to partial sun.

Jamaican Rain tree – Brya ebenus

Size: Compact tree
Care: Well-draining soil in full sun
About: Features small, golden flowers

Jurema – Chloroleucon tortum

Size: 15 – 20 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full sun 
About: Critically endangered tree from Brazil, distinguished by mottled gray and brown; contorted trunk and limbs give it a muscle-like appearance. Small to medium tree. Great accent/ decorative specimen known for their bark and unique structure.

Langkawi Crape Myrtle – Lagerstroemia langkawiensis

Size: Up to 25 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full sun to partial sun
About: New leaves begin as crimson and fade to green. Pink flowers bloom in late spring. Showy flowering medium size trees. Brilliant new foliage once or twice a year.

Mason’s Congo Sansevieria – Sansevieria masoniana

Size: 2 – 4 feet
Care: Plant this snake plant in a loose, well-draining soil. Water when the soil has completely dried out. Feed this plant with a balanced houseplant fertilizer once a year.
About: Dark green leaves with smudged, light green spots. Also known as the whale fin or shark fin snake plant, it is native to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Low growing succulent, shade tolerant, and not as aggressive as common Sansevieria.

Philodendron ‘Rojo Congo’

Size: About 3 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil and bright light to shade
About: Shrubby plant with broad, dark green leaves and reddish stems; new leaves are deep burgundy before turning green

Poitea carinalis

This is a small, deciduous tree or shrub from the Caribbean that blooms from February to April with pea-shaped, purple flowers. It is a great performer in South Florida.

Portlandia grandiflora

Portlandia grandiflora are known for their statement, white trumpet flowers that boast 5 – 6 inch blooms. These are wonderfully fragrant and add interest to any garden or patio. These can easily be kept in containers.

Pride of Barbados – Caesalpinia pulcherrima f. flava

Size: 6 – 15 feet
Care: Sandy, well-draining soil and full sun
About: Resembles a royal poinciana with yellow flowers grouped together on erect stems

Primavera – Roseodendron donnell-smithii

Size: 50 feet or more
Care: Average, well-draining soil and full sun
About: Yellow trumpet-shaped flowers bloom in clusters during the dry season 

Satin Leaf – Chrysophyllum oliviforme

Size: 10 – 15 feet
Care: Tolerant of most soils, well-draining or moist. Is happy in sun or shade.
About: Native tree with beautiful leaves that are dark green on top and satiny, light-copper underneath. It has small, creamy-yellow flowers, and black, edible fruit. 

Red Powderpuff – Calliandra haematocephala

Size: 6 – 20 feet
Care: Moderate moisture, fertile, well-draining soil and full sun to bright, filtered light.  Can be hard pruned after winter-spring bloom.
About: This small, shrub-like tree blooms with red “powder-puff” flowers. Good for pollinators

Wattapama – Poitea florida (purple)

Size: 15 – 20 feet
Care: Average, well-draining soil, and full sun
About: Shrub or small tree with pea-shaped purple flowers that bloom in the dry season

White Geiger Tree – Cordia superba

Size:10 – 20 feet
Care: Sandy, well-draining soil and full sun
About: Small tree with white, trumpet-shaped flowers in warm months. The dark green leaves have a sandpaper-like texture.

Wild Banyan Tree – Ficus citrifolia

Size: Up to 50 feet
Care: Need bright, indirect light, warm temperatures, and high humidity. They prefer moist soil and should be watered regularly.
About: Large, native tree. Good buffer or specimen tree. One of only two native ficus species. More contained than a strangler fig. Good wildlife attractant.

Vanilla Orchid – Vanilla planifolia

Size: This vining orchid can grow 8 – 10 feet indoors or 50 – 70 feet outdoors.
Care: Needs bright, indirect light, high humidity, and regular watering
About: Known as the vanilla orchid, this plant is the source of vanilla beans and vanilla flavoring. When the short-lived blooms become fertilized, they sprout a long, slender bean pod. Easy to grow vine on shady trellis or tree.