Perhaps Steve's most popular native selection: 'Mrs. Schiller's Delight,' a compact dwarf form suited for formal hedging. Here at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum. Steve named it after Laurel Schiller, a fellow native planter whose last name resembles "Schillings," as in Ilex vomitoria 'Schillings,' the similar looking and very popular dwarf cultivar of Yaupon Holly. would break for lunch at a nearby lake and then go out and collect more seed. The Bissetts and Steve are neighbors now and enjoy regular plant chats with tea. Nancy pointed out that in addition to developing popular native cultivars, Steve has made important conservation contributions to Florida. Together they searched for the endangered Ziziphus celata, and finally found it. In 1987, Steve found Dicerandra thinicola, the endangered Titusville Balm, a plant previously unknown to science. And in the early 1990s, Steve rediscovered Creeping Leafstalkgrass, Pharus glaber, long considered extinct in the state. “Something to know about Steve is that he is extremely fair and totally unselfish. He has spent years going all over, looking for great plants and has given all his work away, never making a nickel from it,” says Nancy. Jane Thompson, Indian Trails Native Nursery, said that when she bought her nursery, Steve went way out of his way to come and help get a bunch of Coontie, Zamia pumila, started. “I was green, didn't know a thing, and Steve was kind enough to show me. I love that guy!” www.Flor idaNat iveNurser ies.org | www.Nat ivePlantShow.com 51 DADEROT/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
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