Ocala Food Forest

From soil to plate, every person can make a difference.

Permaculture and Florida Wilds

Located in Florida USDA Zone 8b/9a

Plant Information Page

Linked plant information pages will be under each plant as they are finished.

Below is a list of the plants in the Food Forest, started in the summer of 2020, still young but should be in full production in the near future. The Ocala Food Forest is in the middle of two zones, 8b & 9a. If you live in the area of Ocala Florida then these should be the plants to think about when creating your own food forest. The plants that have failed after the long cold spell we had in early 2022 & the later cold spell in December of 2022 have been removed from the list. Some plants were protected with sheets and hopefully we will not have an issue like that again, but we may. 

Aloe (Aloe Vera)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 07/06/2020)   
Info Page 

African Potato Mint (Plectranthus rotundifolius)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 09/08/2020)
   Info Page 

American Beautyberry (Callicarpa Americana)
Florida Native (Already established in yard) 
Info Page 

Apple (Malus Domestica ‘Anna’) Anna
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/07/2021) 
Info Page 

Apple (Malus Domestica ‘Dorset’) Golden Dorset
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/07/2021)

Avocado (Persea Americana) Hass
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 03/12/2022)

Banana (Musa Acuminata) Dwarf Cavendish
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/03/2023)

Banana (Musa Acuminata) Namwah/Ice Cream
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 07/06/2020)

Banana (Musa Acuminata) Veinte Cohol
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 07/06/2020)

Bay Leaf Tree (Laurus Nobilis)
Food Forest Plant (planted 5 gallon pot 04/20/2024)  

Blackberry (Rubus Fruticosus) Sweetie Pie -Thornless
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2021)

Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Arandano’) Arandano
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2021)

Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Climax’) Climax
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2021)

Blue Porterweed (Stachytarpheta Jamaicensis)
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 07/06/2020)
Info Page 

Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium Semprvirens)
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
 Info Page

Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2020)

Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)

Corkystem Passionvine (Passiflora Suberosa)
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
 
Info Page

Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus Costaricensis) Red
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/05/2021)
Info Page

Duranta (Duranta Erecta) Sapphire Shower
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 05/04/2024)
Info Page

Dwarf Pomegranate (Punica granatum 'Nana')

Elaeagnus (Elaeagnus Multiflora) Goumi Berry
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2021)

Elderberry (Sambucus Simpsonii)
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2020)
   
Info Page

Everglades Tomato (Solanum Pimpinellifolium)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
Info Page

Fig (Ficus Carica ‘Brown Turkey’) Brown Turkey
Food Forest Plant (New cuttings in 1 gallon pot, planting soon)

Fig (Ficus Carica ‘Kadota’) Kadota
Food Forest Plant (New cuttings in 1 gallon pot, planting soon)

Firebush (Hamelia Patens)
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2020)
     
Info Page

Garlic Vine (mansoa hymenaea)
Food Forest Plant 
   Info Page

Goji Berry (Lyceum Barbarum) Wolfberry
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 09/08/2020)

Grape Vine (Vitis Vinifera) Einset Seedless
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 05/18/2020)

Grape Vine (Vitis rotundifolia) Welder Muschadine
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 08/01/2022)

Grumichama (Eugenia Brasiliensis)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2021)

Hibiscus (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) Roselle/Florida Cranberry
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 03/12/2022)

Joboticaba Tree (Plinia cauliflora) Scarlet
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 07/13/2020)

Joboticaba Tree (Plinia cauliflora) Red
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 07/13/2020)

Lemon (Citrus x meyeri) Meyer
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2021)

Lemon (Citrus x Lemon (L.) Osbek
Food Forest Plant (New cuttings in 1 gallon pot, planting soon)

Little Blueberry (Vaccinium Darrowii)
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
Info Page 

Longevity Spinach (Gynura Procumbens)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 09/13/2020)

Loquat (Eriobotrya Japonica) Champagne
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/05/2021)

Malabar Spinach (Basella alba)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2021)

Mango (Mangifera Indica) Ataulfo

Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia Diversifolia)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
   
Info Page

Mint (Mentha x Piperita) 'Chocolate'
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
 Info Page

Mint (Mentha Spicata) 'Spearmint'
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
Info Page

Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum)  In pot so it can be placed into the green house during the winter. Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 03/12/2022)

Moringa Tree (Moringa Oleifera)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2021)

Mulberry (Morus Alba) Everbearing
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/05/2021)

Olive Tree (Olea Europaea) Arbequina - Black Olive
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 03/12/2022)

Orange (Citrus sinensis 'Hamlin') Hamlin
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2021)

Parlor Maple (Abutilon Striatum)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
   
Info Page

Passion Fruit (Passiflora Edulis) Purple Possum
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 07/06/2023)
     Info Page

Peach (Prunus Persica) Tropical Beauty
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 09/08/2020)

Pepper Leaf (Piper Sarmentosum)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
Info Page

Perennial Peanut (Arachis Glabrata) Orange
Food Forest Plant (first planting 1 gallon pot 07/06/2020)

Persimmon Tree (Caqui Guayabota) Saijo (is an Astringent variety)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 03/12/2022)

Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia Rubra) Sweet Pitcher Plant
Florida Native (1 gallon pot placed in garden pond. 04/07/2021)

Plum (Prunus salicina ‘Gulf’) Gulf Rose
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/07/2021)

Plum (Prunus salicina) Scarlet Beauty
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/07/2021)

Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Wonderful
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 05/07/2024)

Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis Spectabilis)
Florida Native   
 Info Page

River Oats (Chasmanthium Latifolium)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
   
Info Page

Roselle (Hibiscus Sabdariffa)

Salvia (Salvia Elegans) Pineapple Sage
Florida Native     Info Page

Red Salvia (Salvia Coccinea) Tropical Sage
Florida Native     Info Page

Shampoo Ginger (Zingiber Zerumbet)

Society Garlic (Tulbaghia Violacea) Purple
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
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Society Garlic (Tulbaghia Violacea) White
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
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Starfruit (Averrhoa Carambola) Fwang Tung
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 07/25/2020)

Starfruit (Averrhoa Carambola) Kari
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 07/06/2020)

Stokes Aster (Stokesia Laevis)
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
Info Page

Sugar Cane (Saccharum Oficinarum)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 03/12/2022)

Sunshine Mimosa (Mimosa Strigiliosa)
Florida Native (first planting 1 gallon pot 07/06/2020)
Info Page

Surinam Cherry (Eugenia Uniflora) Red
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 09/08/2020)

Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago Odora)
Florida Native   
 Info Page

Tangerine (Citrus reticulata) Murcott
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2021)

Toilet Paper Plant (Plectranthus Barbatus)
Food Forest Plant (planted 1 gallon pot 04/01/2020)
   
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Dry Twinflower (Dyschoriste Oblongifolia)
Florida Native 
  Info Page

Swamp Twinflower (Dyschoriste Humistrata)
Florida Native (planted 1 gallon pot 04/20/2024)
Info Page

        

Plants growing from seed or cuttings:       
Not ready for sale or placement in the Food Forest.

Dwarf Pomegranate (Punia Granatum)

Feijoa (Feijoa Sellowiana) 

Hass Avocado (Persea Americana ‘Hass’)

Sunset Papaya (Carica Papaya)

Mango Ataulfo (Mangifera Indica) Yellow

Firebush (Hamelia Patens)
    Florida Native   
 Info Page

Elderberry (Sambucus Simpsonii)
    Florida Native   
 Info Page

Roselle (Hibiscus Sabdariffa)

Shampoo Ginger (Zingiber Zerumbet)

Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera Sempervirens)

    Florida Native   Info Page

St. John’s Wart (Hypericum Tenuifolium) 

   Florida Native     Info Page

Tickseed (Coreopsis Leavenworthii) State Wildflower

   Florida Native     Info Page 

Plants for sale/trade. This list will be updated at the end of each day. If you live in Ocala & would like to buy any of these plants, ask to be on our contact list 'HERE' for any plant sale events that are happening, you may also contact us if you would like purchase plants that are for sale and arrange a pickup. Our nursery is not an open to the public nursery but we do sale by appointment, text only...Do not call please (352)812-9766 and ask if the plant(s) you would like to purchase are still available for purchase.


2 available) Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus costaricensis) Red  1gal. pot $25.00 
Food Forest Plant
     Info Page

10 available) Elderberry (Sambucus Simpsonii)  1gal. pot $25.00
Florida Native
     Info Page

4 available) Firebush (Hamelia Patens)  1gal. pot $14.00
Florida Native     
Info Page

6 available) Frog Fruit (Phyla Nodiflora)   1gal. pot $7.00 
Florida Native 
   Info Page

9 available) Mint (Mentha x Piperita) 'Chocolate'  1gal. pot $10.00
Food Forest Plant     Info Page

12 available) Mint (Mentha Spicata) 'Spearmint'  1gal. pot $10.00 
Food Forest Plant  
  Info Page

3 available) Society Garlic (Tulbaghia Violacea) White  1gal. pot $15.00 
Food Forest Plant     Info Page

5 available) Stokes Aster (Stokesia Laevis)   1gal. pot $7.00 
Florida Native   
Info Page

After my accident last year (2023) I finally am back to working the food forest but I decided for now that I will put more effort into planting out the food forest and starting from scratch at propagation and will have less for sale this year (2024) I will still have plants for sale, just not as many as before, not till I recover more. Thanks for understanding and keep checking for updates on the plants.

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