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Autumn Acres Veteran owned, Native and edible plant starts and cuttings, organically grown. Chicks and eggs.

10/03/2026

A Gulf fritillary on a Bidens alba in my garden, love all the pollinators this plant supports!

Gulf Fritillary on Bidens alba, Spanish needle flower. Hernando county- CentralFlorida
10/03/2026

Gulf Fritillary on Bidens alba, Spanish needle flower. Hernando county- Central
Florida

09/25/2026

Salvia coccinea- or Tropical sage, a beautiful Florida Native flower. It can be in red, white, and pink. A great plant for humming birds, butterflies and many bees.

Tropical sage- Salvia coccinea in white and pink. A really pretty Florida native. Pollinators love it and blooms most of...
09/25/2026

Tropical sage- Salvia coccinea in white and pink. A really pretty Florida native. Pollinators love it and blooms most of the year.

09/19/2026

I found this spider feasting on a large grasshopper this morning in my garden. The Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, often called the yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, zipper spider, zigzag spider,black and yellow argiope, along with many other names. Its scientific name translates to "gilded silver-face". A welcome friend in my the garden. Even though they I have often caught myself in a tangle with their webs. #

09/19/2026

Tropical sage, Scarlet sage, Red salvia (Salvia coccinea) is a native flower in Florida. The pollinators love it. It attracts hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. Blooms almost year round here. Once established it is basically no maintenance.

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09/19/2026

Florida native flowers: Tropical Sage in pink (Salvia coccinea), and Scarlet creeper/morning glory (Ipomoea hederifolia). Great for hummingbirds, native bees, and butterflies.

09/19/2026

Just quick look at a bumble bee visiting an Biden alba flower.

Look what is in my garden on my purple passion flower vine! This is a Passiflora incarnata, a native Florida variety of...
09/17/2026

Look what is in my garden on my purple passion flower vine! This is a Passiflora incarnata, a native Florida variety of passion flower. I had a whole line of the Lacewings on it in the evening but didn’t have my camera.

Lacewings are beneficial insects and great at pest management. The adult Lacewing feed on pollen, nectar, and honeydew. The larvae are predators of a variety of pests: aphids, whiteflies, thrips, leafhoppers, spider mites and mealybugs.

I grow a large variety of native and pollinator plants to attract beneficial insects. It’s great to see them showing up and providing chemical free pest control. I don’t spray with chemicals so mI don’t hurt the pollinators, or expose my edible plants to chemicals I don’t want in my food.

What beneficial insects are you seeing in your garden?

Katuk or sweet leaf, (sauropus androgynus) flowering-such pretty little flowers. The plant is edible and highly nutritio...
09/17/2026

Katuk or sweet leaf, (sauropus androgynus) flowering-such pretty little flowers. The plant is edible and highly nutritious and has been referred to as a “multi-vitamin leaf”. The leaves can be sautéed, added to soups, curries, stir fry’s, eggs and more. It is very tasty, compared with fresh peas, with a hint of nutty flavor. The young shoots are similar to asparagus. You can eat the flowers and fruits, and tender shoots. There is some concern about eating Katuk raw, as it has medicinal alkaloids. The alkaloids will degrade with heat, so it is safest to eat cooked. Cooked is how the traditional recipes used it- always do your own research. Its leaves are high in protein and its rich in Vitamins A, C, folate, Iron and more.
It tolerates our hot humid Florida climate (zones 9-11) well, and can be a great addition to an edible Landscape. It can work as a hedge, shrub or in a pot. It is not frost hardy so it does need to be covered/protected in a freeze or brought in. It is a evergreen perennial where it doesn’t freeze.

What do you do with Katuk? It’s always nice to hear new recipes or how others use it?

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