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Nursery Specialties
Browse Jesse Durko's nursery stock for rarities of the tropical garden from around the world.
Nursery Specialties
Butterfly-Attracting Plants
Bring Your Garden to Life
Few sights rival the magic of butterflies drifting through a tropical garden. At Jesse Durko's Nursery, we carry a curated selection of nectar and host plants that invite Florida's native butterflies to call your garden home.
Milkweeds are the essential host plant for Monarch butterflies, providing a place for them to lay eggs and fuel their remarkable migrations. Firebush bursts with tubular orange blooms that draw Zebra Longwings and Gulf Fritillaries all year round. Passion fruit vines serve as the primary host for both the Zebra Longwing and the Gulf Fritillary, while offering a delicious harvest.
Planting even a few of these species transforms any garden into a living, breathing habitat, a celebration of South Florida's natural beauty.
Angel's Trumpets
Brugmansia
Varieties of Angel's Trumpets have been growing around old Florida gardens for many years. The flowers are abundant in today's varieties, and the colors have become richer. A viny shrub, it can be grown as a spectacular single specimen on an arbor or trellis, always a showpiece in the tropical garden when blooming.
The Handkerchief Tree
Maniltoa
Both beautiful and fascinating, the Handkerchief Tree is a weeper, so well-named! Along with the filmy creamy gold weeping boughs amidst the green, the flowers are creamy accents in their various stages, developing finally into shaggy puff balls.
Ground Orchid
Calanthe discolor
For something cool in color, this many-flowered palest lavender terrestrial orchid repeatedly blooms throughout the warm months. It can be grown in a shady garden or is lovely as a potted plant for a shaded patio, nice for edging walkways.
Antique Rose
Rosa 'Elsa Polson'
A rare find, both an old rose, and a rose which performs well in the Florida garden. If you want a scented rose for your garden or arrangements, this prolific bloomer displays natural shade variations from dark pink to almost white petals.
Tropical Flowering Tree
Steriophorma
A small tree with flashing brilliant petals, long curling yellow stamens, and elongated leaves with a curling edge. A stunning specimen for the tropical garden.
Multiflush Handkerchief Tree
Maniltoa multiflush
This spectacular variety of Handkerchief Tree is called multiflush for its variation in shoot pigments, a breathtaking display of color emerging through the canopy.
Inside the Nursery
A Walk Through the Collection
