Florida

Trees and Plants for Your Florida Garden.

The Best Trees for Planting in Florida

Shade trees are a must for the Florida summer, whether you live in the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the East Gulf Coastal Plain or the Florida Uplands. We recommend the simple beauty of the Windmill Palm which adapts to any soil type, or the American Beech, which provides dense shade.

If you’re looking for Citrus Trees, you will love our Nules Clementine. Despite its small size, this tree soon becomes loaded with fruit each summer. And our fast-growing Red Haven Peach has a delicious flavor and provides an abundance of fruit very quickly.

If you’d like extra privacy without the starkness of a wall or fence, check out our living greenery. We offer a range of rapidly-growing evergreens that will lock their feathery leaves to form a beautiful screen in no time at all. The Thuja Green Giant is the most popular evergreen in the United States and grows at an incredible rate of up to 5 feet per year. Another hardy screen tree is Nellie Stevens Holly.

A Large Variety of Trees for Florida

Wherever your location – Miami, Destin, Pensacola, Tampa or Key West - at Fast Growing Tree Nursery, our Florida tree options provide something for every taste and climate zone throughout the state. Trees that adapt to the soil type in your specific region of the Sunshine State are always the best choice for and easy to care for the landscape.

Florida’s state tree is the Cabbage Palmetto. This tree has fan-shaped leaves that grow between four and six feet long. This tall tree can reach up to 80 feet in height.

Myakka has been Florida’s state soil since 1998. This wet, sandy soil is not found in any other state and covers 1 ½ million miles of Florida land. This fine gray soil can be amended by adding organic matter. Fertilizing your trees throughout the growing season can also help maintain their growth and health.