Fall in Palm Beach: There’s great color around if you know where to look

Blue plumbago, Plumbago auriculata

November 20, 2024

Purple passionflower or Maypop, Passiflora incarnata, has a wonderful fragrance and attracts numerous pollinators, including butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

Lovely yellow flowers of Tecoma stans bloom profusely year round

You can’t beat the brilliant red of Florida firespike, Odontonema cuspidata

Arching inflorescences of Thatch palm, Thrinax radiate- don’t cut these off- birds love the berries!

Bahama Senna, Cassia bahamensis var chapmanii, shows off brilliant yellow flower in full sun

Native blue porter wood, Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, has beautiful purple-blue flowers all season

Wild coffee, Psychotria nervosa, is covered with beautiful glossy deep red berries in the fall

Beautyberry, Callicarpa Americana displays wonderful clusters of pearl like berries in fall

Snowberry, Chiococca alba, is a wonderful small shrub sporting stunning white berries. A gardenia relative, it’s blossoms are fragrant as well

 -Kim Frisbie

Original article on the Palm Beach Daily News is HERE.