Category Archives: Native Plants

Spring is here!

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Jutta

Spring has arrived at the Orlando Wetlands Park! Come visit to experience blooming flowers, bustling bees, and new babies! For the months of April and May, the education center feature “Plants of the Wetland”. Beautiful wetland plants photos taken by … Continue reading →

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Spring Plants Blooming at Orlando Wetlands Park

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Jutta

The wetlands park is in bloom! Along the berms, flowering plants include: Blue Flowers: Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), Prairie Iris (Iris hexagona) PHOTO, Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) Yellow Flowers: Burrmarigold (Bidens laevis) and Leavenwoth’s Tickseed (Coreopsis leavenworthii) PHOTO   White … Continue reading →

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Native Plant Society visits Orlando Wetlands Park

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Jutta

On Saturday, October 8th, 2011, the Tarflower Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society visited Orlando Wetlands Park (OWP).  Because of the hard rain, the group spent the morning inside the Education Center (EC) watching videos and slide presentations about … Continue reading →

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