We Have Flowers Blooming Year Round!

Summer season at Cypress Gardens offers a different experience.
Below is a list of the common blooms and wildlife seen during each month:

June

Average temperatures range from 60 to 90 degrees F.

June brings the earth-shaking bellowings of the territorial, breeding alligator and the vocals of Narrowmouth Toads.
Few spring wildflowers remain in bloom, but in their wake come the blossoms of the:
- Fragrant Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata)
- Beauty-berry (Callicarpa americana)
- Blazing Stars (Liatris)
- Crested Fringed-orchid (Habenaria cristata)
- Ironweed (Vernonia acaulis)
- Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)
- Button-bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
- Yellow-eyed Grass (Xyris)
With the increasing heat, birdsong rather steadily decreases while insect song, like the buzzing of cicada, increases.
Hairstreaks, especially the Gray and the Red-banded, become more prevalent among the butterflies.

Average temperatures range from 70 to 90 degrees F.

More flowering plants appear in the form of:
- Elephant-toes (Elephantopus tomentosus)
- Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum)
- Water Willow (Decodon verticillatus)
- Fragrant Ladies-tresses (Spiranthes odorata)
Other than Mockingbirds, most songbirds have nests of fledglings and are relatively quiet.
Until colder weather arrives in a few months, the sound of insects is dominant including the Katydid.
The Palamedes Swallowtail is regularly seen.

Average temperatures range from 70 to 90 degrees F.

Wildlife, other than Insects (Katydids, Cicadas, grasshoppers, crickets) is relatively quiet as another breeding season winds down.
Early fall bird migrants are becoming apparent and we begin to see the Eastern Kingbird, Barn and Rough-winged Swallows, and flocks of blackbirds and grackles assembling to build into their winter conglomerations.
Butterfly migrants and wanderers become more common, such as Gulf Fritillaries, Hackberry Butterfly, Cloudless Sulfur, Monarchs, and American and Painted Ladies.
Composites increase their dominance among flowering plants with at least 8 species of white-flowered Eupatorium, Goldenrods (Solidago), and Lobelias including Purple Lobelia (Lobelia elongata), Glandular (L. glandulosa), and Downy (L. puberula).