True Leaf Market
Wide variety selection with heat-tolerant options, herbs, and microgreens well-suited to Zone 9b.
trueleafmarket.com →Resources
Where we actually buy our own seeds and supplies.
The trusted seed companies, Florida nurseries, and current TPZ links we point to most often — kept current in one place instead of stuck inside a PDF.
Availability changes. Seed companies sell out, nurseries update their catalogs, and prices move throughout the season. We keep this page current so you're never working from a stale list buried in an old download — check back here anytime rather than relying on a printed or downloaded copy.
Everything below is a source we genuinely use or trust for Zone 9b gardening. None of the links on this page currently earn us a commission. If that changes for a specific recommendation, it will be clearly marked right next to that link — see the note at the bottom of this page.
Seeds
Trusted Seed Companies
General-purpose seed sellers we come back to for heat-tolerant and Southern-adapted varieties.
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Professional-grade seed with detailed variety notes and performance data.
johnnyseeds.com →Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Heirloom varieties including Southern and tropical selections, rare finds for Zone 9b gardens.
rareseeds.com →Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Specializes in Southern-adapted varieties bred for hot, humid climates similar to Florida.
southernexposure.com →Florida-specific
Florida Specialty Seed & Nursery Resources
Nurseries and specialty growers for tropical fruit, natives, and Florida-bred plant stock that general seed catalogs don't carry.
Florida Hill Nursery
Florida-bred strawberry plugs and Florida-adapted plants for food forests.
floridahillnursery.com →Trade Winds Fruit
Rare tropical fruit seeds and cuttings — dragon fruit, jackfruit, sapodilla, and more suited to 9b/10a.
tradewindsfruit.com →Just Fruits and Exotics
North Florida grower specializing in fig, persimmon, blueberry, and other fruiting trees for the Southeast.
justfruitsandexotics.com →Pine Island Nursery
South Florida tropical fruit specialist — mango, avocado, carambola, and more.
pineislandnursery.com →Logee's Tropical Plants
Rare tropical herbs, edibles, and specialty perennials, including passion fruit vines.
logees.com →Four Winds Growers
Dwarf citrus trees bred for containers — a great match for smaller Zone 9b yards.
fourwindsgrowers.com →Ison's Nursery
Muscadine grapes, Southern Highbush blueberries, and other fruiting plants suited to Florida climates.
isons.com →Arbico Organics
Beneficial insects, organic pest control, and soil biology products for Florida gardens.
arbico-organics.com →TPZ links
Guides & Newsletter
Looking for the guides themselves, or want planting reminders sent to you directly? Start here.
Coming later
Tools, Supplies & Affiliate Recommendations
This section is reserved for specific tools and supplies — soil amendments, pest control products, and similar — as we test them ourselves and formally approve them for recommendation.
How this will work once it's active: any affiliate relationship added here will carry its own clearly visible disclosure placed directly next to that specific recommendation — not a blanket statement buried elsewhere on the page. Nothing appears here until it has been genuinely tested, approved through our internal recommendation process, and logged in our records before publishing. Until then, this section stays empty rather than filled with placeholders.