State law protects your right to install Florida-Friendly, native, drought-tolerant landscaping. Neither Osceola County nor an HOA may prohibit it. County landscape-buffer rules for development still encourage native and low-water species.
Florida Statute 373.185 bars any local ordinance or deed restriction from prohibiting a property owner from implementing Florida-Friendly Landscaping, which includes native and drought-tolerant plantings, right-plant-right-place design, and efficient irrigation. Osceola County therefore cannot ban a native or xeriscape yard, and HOAs cannot enforce covenants against it. For development and subdivision projects, the county Land Development Code's landscape and buffer standards separately require plantings and favor native, low-maintenance species. Homeowners are still expected to keep the yard maintained so a native landscape does not read as neglect or an overgrowth nuisance.
No county penalty for a Florida-Friendly yard; an unmaintained landscape can still be cited as overgrowth under Chapter 23 nuisance rules.
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