Join us for a one-day-only sale this Friday, April 10, at SCCF’s Native Landscapes and Garden Center from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., where all gopher tortoise-friendly plants will be 15% off. 

It’s the perfect opportunity to enhance your landscape while supporting habitat for one of Florida’s most important keystone species. Below is a list of native plants that support gopher tortoises.

Low Growing Species

• Bay Bean (Canavalia rosea)
• Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
• Florida Greeneyes (Berlandiera subacaulis)
• Golden Creeper (Ernodea littoralis)
• Gopher Apple (Licania michauxii)
• Matchweed (Phyla nodiflora)
• Narrowleaf Silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia)
• Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa; Opuntia stricta)
• Erect Prickly Pear (Opuntia stricta)
• Spanish Needle (Bidens alba)
• Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
• Tickseed (Coreopsis floridana; Coreopsis leavenworthii)
• Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Grasses & Sedges

• Bitter Panic Grass (Panicum amarum)
• Hairy Gramma Grass (Bouteloua hirsuta)
• Lopsided Indian Grass (Sorghastrum secundum)
• Love Grass (Eragrostis elliottii; Eragrostis spectabilis)
• Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
• Seashore Paspalum (Paspalum distichum)
• Star Rush (Rhynchospora colorata)

Shrubs

• Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens)

Please note that this promotion cannot be combined with any other discount. Some of the plant species listed above will be available on Friday, though not all are guaranteed to be in stock. 

Learn more about how SCCF protects gopher tortoises here.