False rosemary

Known as false rosemary (Conradina canescens var. grandiflora), this shrub naturally grows in Florida pine sand scrubs and sand hills and flowering that takes place several times a year. These beautiful pale lavender flowers cover the plant, and pollinators cover the flowers.

FFGC Floral City Garden Club reminds members and visitors that the club will hold the first in-person meeting since March at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, in the first pavilion at the entrance to Floral City Park, about two miles south of the U.S. 41 traffic light. 

Members and visitors are asked to wear a mask, seat themselves at a social distance and to bring their own snack, beverage and bag lunch. Following lunch, the business meeting and program will commence at noon.

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Bat-face cuphea

The bat-face cuphea (cuphea llavea) can be used as a groundcover, but the Monrovia website describes it as a shrub, a low, sprawling shrub. This unusual plant has bat-faced flower that cover the plant several times during the summer. It also is loved by pollinators.

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