Florida Landscape Design that Creates Beauty Through Nature
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Victoria’s Bloomers brings over 30 years of nursery and landscape design expertise to craft gardens that feel like an extension of your home — vibrant, peaceful, and full of life. Specializing in Florida-friendly landscapes and incorporating native plants, we create spaces that bloom with color, invite bees, butterflies, and birds, and evolve beautifully over time. With artistry, knowledge, and attention to detail, we tailor every design to your unique space, ensuring a thriving, low-maintenance yard that brings you joy every day.
The Florida 50 Cards are available in the gift shops of the Florida Botanical Gardens and The Sunken Gardens.
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Free Shipping! These plants are primarily for Zones 10A and 10B. Don’t know your Zone? Click here.
Buy 2 Packs for $40! Discount applied automatically at checkout.
These are the Florida 50 Essential Plants for Zone 10A and Zone 10B. There are 50 plant cards, including 12 Florida Natives, each containing one plant with a photo, essential information such as Zone, Sun/Shade, Size, Color and more. I wanted to create a tangible resource that is fun to use and makes designing easy. You can bring the cards out in the yard to visualize how the plants will look or you can lay them out in front of you when you draw a sketch. You can also use them to mix and match colors to see which you like the best. When you are done deciding which plants you will use, you can bring them into your local nursery and hand them to the salesperson and say, I want 3 of these and 2 of these etc and get exactly what you want since each card has the botanical name as well as common name.
Cards are grouped into categories, Shrubs, Perennials, Grasses, Vines, and Ground Cover, as well as Large, Medium and Small, making it easy to sort, plan, and design.
With just these 50 plants, you can confidently design your entire Florida landscape: foundation beds, border plantings, butterfly gardens, entryways, and patio areas. Every plant in the deck is proven to thrive in Florida’s sun, soil, and seasons, making this the perfect set for Zones 10A and 10B.
Each deck also includes access to downloadable resources that walk you through a complete landscape project from site prep to planting to finishing touches.
This is Florida Landscape Design in your pocket. I’m so excited to see what you create with them!
There is some overlap with the Zone 10 Cards, Zone 10 having more tropicals, and Zone 9 being more cold-hardy.
Included:
54 Cards (50 Plant Cards • 4 Information Cards)
Each card is 2.5” x 3.5”
Access to Downloadable Guides
Printed on High-Quality Casino-grade Cardstock
Durable Finish
This is a preorder! These will ship out on November 16th!
These plants are primarily for Zones 9A and 9B. Don’t know your Zone? Click here.
These are the Florida 50 Essential Plants for Zone 9A and Zone 9B. There are 50 plant cards, including 23 Florida Natives, each containing one plant with a photo, essential information such as Zone, Sun/Shade, Size, Color and more. I wanted to create a tangible resource that is fun to use and makes designing easy. You can bring the cards out in the yard to visualize how the plants will look or you can lay them out in front of you when you draw a sketch. You can also use them to mix and match colors to see which you like the best. When you are done deciding which plants you will use, you can bring them into your local nursery and hand them to the salesperson and say, I want 3 of these and 2 of these etc and get exactly what you want since each card has the botanical name as well as common name.
Zone 9A and 9B are tricky zones in Florida. They get the high heat and humidity of Central and Southern Florida but can also drop down to below freezing temperatures in the winter: 9A- 20 to 25 degrees minimum temperature and 9B- 25 to 30 degree minimum temperature. Freezing temperatures as low as these can kill or badly damage tropical plants. For this reason, this pack of cards represents those plants which can withstand the cold dips in temperature OR are treated like a perennial (dying down to the ground and coming back in the spring). They are clearly marked with the Zone that they are hardy in. If you are looking for tropicals to add to your 9A or 9B gardens, you will find them in the Zone 10A and 10B card pack. Just know that you will have to bring them in when the temperatures go down to freezing or cover them with frost cover. My suggestion is to use the 9A and 9B cards as the bones of your landscape and add the tropicals sparingly.
Cards are grouped into categories, Shrubs, Perennials, Grasses, Vines, and Ground Cover, as well as Large, Medium and Small, making it easy to sort, plan, and design.
With just these 50 plants, you can confidently design your entire Florida landscape: foundation beds, border plantings, butterfly gardens, entryways, and patio areas. Every plant in the deck is proven to thrive in Florida’s sun, soil, and seasons, making this the perfect set for Zones 9A and 9B.
Each deck also includes access to downloadable resources that walk you through a complete landscape project from site prep to planting to finishing touches.
This is Florida Landscape Design in your pocket. I’m so excited to see what you create with them!
There is some overlap with the Zone 10 Cards, Zone 10 having more tropicals, and Zone 9 being more cold-hardy.
Included:
54 Cards (50 Plant Cards • 4 Information Cards)
Each card is 2.5” x 3.5”
Access to Downloadable Guides
Printed on High-Quality Casino-grade Cardstock
Durable Finish
This is a downloadable list of 50 Cold-Hardy Florida plants. Included in this are 17 Native Plants and the rest are Florida-Friendly Plants. They are primarily shrubs from small to large as well as some ground covers, grasses, perennials and vines*. They are arranged by alphabetical order by the common name. Also included is the Botanical name, Zone, Sun or Shade, Type of Plant and General Size. The list has been checked for invasiveness across several different sources.
This is how you should use this list:
Print out the list
Find your Zone and highlight all of the plants on the list that will grow in your Zone.
Look in your yard and see which plants are dead or extremely damaged and you want to remove. See if they are in sun, partial shade or shade.
Take the list to your local nursery (not box stores) and look at the plants and see which ones you like.
Check the sizes to ensure they will fit in the space and buy them. If you are looking to buy the Native Plants on the list, find a Native Plant nursery in your area.
* You will note that most of these plants are not tropicals. There is one, Firespike, which I am calling a perennial on this list. It will die down to the ground in a freeze and shoot up from the roots when the weather warms up. These shrubs on this list will comprise the ‘bones’ of your landscape- the permanent plants that you can rely on throughout the year. If you want to add tropicals you can put them in pots and bring them in or cover them but at least you KNOW that they will not make it through cold weather. Pick your battles!
This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. You will receive an email with access to the downloadable list.
Victoria K. Crocker, Landscape Designer
My name is Victoria K. Crocker and I have over 30 years experience in the Nursery and Landscaping industry. I currently live in Clearwater, FL and I provide landscape design services to Clearwater and the surrounding cities of Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Largo, Belleair and St. Petersburg.
“Her expertise and attention to detail have completely transformed our backyard into a beautiful and tranquil outdoor space to enjoy.”
Client Testimonials
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“We couldn’t be happier with the work Vicki has done for our yard. From the planning stages to ongoing maintenance, her expertise and attention to detail have completely transformed our backyard into a beautiful and tranquil outdoor space to enjoy. If you’re looking for a gardener who truly cares about their work and delivers outstanding results, we highly recommend Vicki and her team.
Sandra D., Tampa, FL
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“Vicki took all my ideas and brought them to life. Our lot was completely empty with no trees and just weeds - for 2.5 acres! She designed the whole garden from scratch, incorporating raised berms, rocks and paths. The garden is a riot of color, using natives, Florida-friendly plants and tropicals. The garden attracts wildlife, from bees and butterflies to bunnies and birds. I love hosting events in the garden and the feedback from my guests is always wonderful. I couldn’t be happier with the final space.”
Sara B., Palm Harbor, FL
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“‘How does your garden grow?’ Mine is beautiful, colorful, and lush! Even the birds and butterflies love it. It’s our oasis! We spend weekend mornings having coffee outside. Victoria’s Bloomers abides by the name: it’s blooming & attracting butterflies, birds, and smiles! Come see our garden!”
Judy K., Clearwater, FL
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