The Florida Botanical Gardens

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Boardwalk bridge over McKay Creek at Pinecrest Cultural Center, looking east facing entrance to Florida Botanical Gardens. Taken July 17, 2006.

The Florida Botanical Gardens covering 182 acres (74 hectares) are new botanical gardens located in the Pinewood Cultural Park at 12175 125th St. N., Largo, Florida, USA. The Gardens were established in 1998, and are open to the public.

Current garden areas are: Bromeliad Garden, Celebration Garden, Cottage Garden, Daylily Garden, Groundcover Garden, Jazz Garden, Palm Garden, Rose Garden, Sculpture Garden, Topiary Garden, Tropical Courtyard, and Tropical Walk.

Plant collections include: Adenium obesum, Ageratum houstonianum, Allamanda cathartica, Allamanda neriifolia, Aloe saponaria, Alpinia spp., Amorphophallus spp., Antigonon leptopus, Aptenia cordifolia, Aristolochia durior, Asclepias curassavica, Asclepias tuberosa, Averrhoa carambola, Azalea spp., Barleria repens, Bauhinia rufescens, Bauhinia spp., Begonia spp., Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum, Bougainvillea spp., Bromeliads, Brugmansia x candida, Brunfelsia australis, Buddleia spp., Buddleia officinalis, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Calliandra haematocephala, Callicarpa americana, Callistemon spp., Callistemon viminalis, Canna spp., Carica papaya, Cassia ligustrina, Cassia spp., Catalpa chilopsis, Catharanthus roseus, Centratherum camporum, Centratherum spp., Cephalanthus occidentalis, Ceratostigma willmottianum, Citrus fortunelia, Cleome hasslerana, Clerodendrum speciosissimum, Clerodendrum spp., Clerodendrum thomsoniae, Cnidoscolus chayamansa, Cordia boissieri, Coreopsis spp., Crinum americanum, Crinum spp, Crossandra infundibuliformis, Crotalaria spectabilis, Cryptostegia grandiflora, Cuphea hyssopifolia, Cupheahyssopi folia, Cycas circinalis, Datura spp., Dianthus spp., Dietes bicolor, Dietes spp., Dietes vegeta, Dombeya wallichii, Duranta erecta, Duranta repens, Dyssodia tenuiloba, Erythrina herbacea, Euphorbia milii & spp., Evolvulus glomeratus, Gaillardia pulchella, Gaillardia spp., Galphimia glauca, Gardenia jasminoides, Gazania rigens , Gelsemium sempervirens, Globba schomburgkii, Gomphrena globosa, Hamelia patens, Hedychium spp., Helianthus annus, Helianthus debilis, Heliconia spp., Hemerocallis spp., Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Hibiscus syriacus, Hibiscus tileaceus, Hippeastrum spp., Impatiens wallerana, Ipomoea pescaprae, Iris versicolor, Ixora coccinea, Ixora spp., Jacaranda acutifolia, Jasminum spp., Jatropha hastata, Jatropha integerrima, Jatropha spp., Justicia brandegeana, Justicia spicigera, Kaempferia gilbertii, Kaempferia pulchra, Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, Lagerstroemia indica, Lantana montevidensis, Lantana spp., Leonotis Leonurus, Lobularia maritima, Lonicera japonica, Lonicera sempervirens, Luffa aegyptiaca, Magnolia grandiflora, Malvaviscus arboreus, Mandevilla splendens, Megaskepasma erythrochlamys, Mimosa strigillosa, Monarda punctata, Nerium oleander, Nymphaea spp., Odontonema strictum, Orthosiphon stamineus, Pachystachys lutea, Passiflora spp., Passiflora vitifolia, Pelargonium x hortorum, Pennisetum spp., Pentas lanceolata, Petrea spp., Petunia hybrids, Phaeomeria speciosa, Pluchea odorata, Plumbago capensis, Plumeria spp., Podranea ricosoliana, Poinsettia pulcherrima, Portulaca grandiflora, Rhaphiolepis indica, Rhus pachyrrhachis, Ricinus communis, Rosa spp., Rosmarinus officinalis, Ruellia brittonean, Ruellia spp., Russelia equisetiformis, Salvia coccinea, Salvia spp., Sambucus canadensis, Sanchezia nobilis, Scutellaria 'Fuschia', Senecio cineraria, Senecio confusus, Setcreasea spp., Solidago fistulosa, Sophora tomentosa, Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Stapelia spp., Stemodia tomentosa, Strelitzia nicolai, Strelitzia reginae, Tabebuia argentia, Tabebuia heterophylla, Tabebuia pallada, Tabebuia spp., Tabernaemontana divaricata, Thevetia peruviana, Thryallis glauca, Thunbergia erecta, Thunbergia grandiflora, Tradescantia ohiensis, Tropaeolum majus, Tulbaghia violaceae, Tuneria, Turnera ulmifolia, Verbena x Hybrida, Viburnum suspensum, Vitex rotundifolia, Vitex trifolia 'Variegata', Wedelia trilobata, Yucca aloifolia, Yucca elephantipes, and Zinnia spp.