SUMMER CROPS FOR SOUTH/CENTRAL FLORIDA



These plants tolerate heat and humidity.

*parts of these plants are poisonous or should be prepared in a special manner

Amaranth

Arugula

Basket Vine/Haitian basket vine/hoop vine*

Bitter Cucumber/bitter gourd/bitter melon/Balsam pear/Sopropo

Brazilian Spinach

Bunching Onion/Welsh onion/Japanese bunching onion

Cassava/Manioc/Tapioca/Yuca*

Ceylon Spinach (Talinum triangulare) AKA Waterleaf, Philippine Spinach

Chaya/Tree Spinach (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius)*

Chayote

Cherry Tomatoes (NOT pear) (nightshade family)*

Chinese Greens

CowPea/Adzuki Bean, Southern Pea

Cranberry Hibiscus/False Roselle/Maroon mallow/Red-Shield hibiscus (invasive)

Edible Hibiscus

Eggplant/Aubergine/melongene/brinjal/guinea squash (nightshade family)*

Egyptian Spinach

Ethiopian Kale/African Cabbage/Abyssinian cabbage

Garlic Chives/Chinese chives

Hot Peppers (nightshade family)*

Jicama/yam bean*

Katuk/star gooseberry/sweet leaf/leaf vegetable/tropical asparagus

Lagos Spinach/Quail Grass*

Lima Beans

Longevity Spinach/Moluccan spinach/ Dawn Dewa (Gynura nepalensis)

Luffa

Malabar Spinach Basella/Indian Spinach/Vine Spinach/Country Spinach… and many other names.

Moringa/Horseradish Tree/Drumstick/The Miracle Plant

Mustard

Okinawa Spinach

Okra/Lady’s Finger/Gumbo

Peanut/groundnut

Pigeon Pea/Gandule bean/tropical green pea/kadios/ Congo pea/ gungo pea/ gunga pea/no-eye pea

Prickly Pear Cactus/Opuntia/nopales/paddle cactus

Purple Lablab/Hyacinth Bean

Purslane (edible weed highest in omega-3s)

Roselle/Florida cranberry (Hibiscus Tea)

Rosemary

Seminole Pumpkin/Tropical Pumpkin

Sugar Cane

Sunset Hibiscus/aibika/sunset muskmallow/hibiscus manihot

Sweet Potatoes

Tanier/tannia/yautia/malanga*

Taro/Dasheen/eddo/cocoyam*

Tropical Lettuce/Indian Lettuce

Tropical Pumpkins

Winged Beans

Yams (NOT “Wild” or “Bitter” or “Air Potato”)*

Yard Long Beans/Bora/Long-Podded Cowpea/Asparagus Bean/Chinese Long Bean