A public park located in Wilton Manors, Florida dedicated to plants that shelter and attract birds, butterflies and other native species.
M.E. DePalma Park is a public garden containing native and other plants that attract birds and butterflies. The park, located at the corner of NE 7th Avenue and NE 20th Drive in Wilton Manors, Florida, is one of the more than 200 properties in Wilton Manors which are registered with the National Wildlife Federation as Wildlife Habitats.
The garden contains over 100 varieties of native wildflowers and butterfly attracting trees, shrubs and plants such as: Blanket Flower (Gaillardia pulchella), Topical Sage (Salvia coccinea), Wild Coffee (Psychotria nervosa), Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana), Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco), Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica), Florida Mulhy Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris), Perennial Peanut Groudcover (Arachis glabrata), Blue Porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis), Penta (Pentas lanceolata), Slash Pine Tree (Pinus elliottii),Gumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba), Wild Lime (Zanthoxylum fagara), Satin Leaf (Chrysophyllum oliviforme),and Mahogany. A slide show featuring many of the plants can be viewed on the park web site http:/www.medepalmapark.com
