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p3200361Garden Additions


Unique hand-crafted items that can help bring interest and personality to your landcape. These include arbors and swings, glass and ceramic garden art, and newly arrived inlaid mosaic cement benches and tables.

These cool items can help to bring interest and to personalize your garden!

golden rain treeGreat Trees


Riverland carries an extraordinary selection of beautiful and hardy trees ranging from small flowering ornamental to large, fast growing shade trees. Many of these are Florida Natives.

Visit and see some of our favorites including Japanese Blueberry, Yellow Poinciana, Fiddlewood, Ipe Tabebuia, Pidgeon Plum, Japanese Fern, E . Palatka Holly and so many more.

coral vineVines


We have an exceptional variety of vines, many of which are larval host and nectar plants for many different butterflies. Vines can provide color, privacy and fragrance to our gardens. Youi’ll enjoy seeing many unusual specimens growing at Riverland.

Some of our favorites include Coral Honeysuckle, Tropical Bleeding Heart, Japanese Honeysuckle, Costa Rican Butterfly, Bridal Wreath, Dutchman's Pipe, and the Mexican Flame Vine.

BambooBamboo

Non-running (Clumping) bamboo is a very useful and attractive plant choice, providing unique beauty and great privacy. These bamboo grow vertically, quickly to reach their full height in 3 to 4 years

Bamboo is hardy and requires little maintenance once established. Some of our favorite cold weather varieties include Angel Mist, Blue Chungii, Black Timor, Dwarf Buddha Belly. Graceful Bamboo, Golden Hawaiin, and Seabreeze. We have an great selection of these bamboo.

Come and see our new bamboo garden, with bamboo hedges, and learn why we believe the use of bamboo will increasingly be found in the coolest SW Florida landscapes!

 

succulent gardenSucculent Garden

Succulents include a large class of unique plants including Agave, Aloe, Cacti, Kalanchoe, Pachypodium, Yucca, Senecio, and other varieties. 


We have a fun Succulent Demonstration Garden to show our visitors how striking and useful these easy, low-input plants can be.

Citrus

Citrus


Being able to pick your own citrus for breakfast is awesome. We have an extensive selection of orange, grapefruit, tangelo, tangerine, lemon, lime, and kumquat trees. Many of these are everbearing, providing fruit and fragrance throughout the year. All are cold tolerant to varying degrees, and many are well-suited for containers.
One of our favorites is the Pink Lemon which is a small and beautiful variegated tree with pink fruit, a variegated peel, and fragrance throughout the year. You might also consider the Meiwa Kumquat which is the sweetest variety of Kumquats and also the most attractive!

scotch bonnet pepperEdible Plants


We have created an expansive Edible Demonstration Garden to allow our guests to see what strawberry, allspice, apple, mango, peach, plum, nectarine, jaboticaba, avocado, various guava, and pear trees really look like!   We recently added Bay Leaf, Carambola, Red Tea, Black Sapote, and Coffee Arabica to our inventory.

Edible plants have been of great interest to many of our customers and we carry some very unique and delicious plants. We have sought the best growers of edible plants that are particularly suited for our local environment. Our favorite is Hopkins Tropical Fruit Nursery which has been growing edible plants for five generations in SW Florida. Visit and see our large and varied selection of these cool Edible Plants

Container GardeningContainer Gardening


Container gardening can be an important part of gardens and landscapes. A striking container can provide the setting for a stunning display of unique plants to create a strong visual draw. They are particularly useful for creating curb appeal; a dramatic entryway; and privacy around sitting areas.

We carry a large selection from various manufacturers from all over the world. Stop in to take a peek and check for upcoming container gardening classes.