Tag: annuals

Proper Planting: Annuals and Perennials

by Anne Yasalonis

November 1, 2023

Proper planting ensures a good start to a healthy landscape. The following guidelines for installing plants apply for sandy, well-drained soils. Annuals and Perennials Annuals and perennials are typically small (4”) to one gallon sized ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes,
Tags: Anne Yasalonis, Annuals, Ayasalonis, Bedding Plants, Central Florida, Gardening, Installing Plants, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer, Native Plants, Perennials, Planting, Polk County, Polkgardening, Polkmg, Proper Planting, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Polk County

UF/IFAS Extension offers Gardening with Native Plants in Hybrid Format

by Tia Silvasy

March 10, 2023

Florida native plants are a smart choice for your landscape. They are well-suited for survival in Florida and provide a number of ecological benefits to our environment. Join UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County on Thursday April 13th from ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Annuals, Central Florida, Event, Florida, Florida Friendly, Florida Native Plants, Hillsborough County, Hybrid, In Person, Online Event, Perennials, Tampa, Trees, Tsilvasy, UF IFAS Extension, Wildflowers, Zoom

October 2022 Home Show Includes Seminar on What to Plant in Fall

by llw5479

October 19, 2022

This year’s Home Show, sponsored by the Building Industry Association of Okaloosa & Walton Counties (BIA), will include a seminar on what to do and not to do during the fall in our North Florida lawns, landscapes and gardens. The Home ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: Annuals, Bulbs, Fall Gardening, Gardening, Landscaping, Lawn Pests, Lawns, Perennials

Summer Flowers in 15 minutes: An On-Demand Webinar Series

by Julie Schelb

July 2, 2021

Join UF/IFAS Extension Polk County experts for an on-demand series of four, 15-minute online educational workshops to help you plan a beautiful summer garden of flowering plants. Topics include summer flowering annuals, perennials, wildflowers, ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Annuals, Bulbs, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Florida-Friendly Plants, Flowers, Gardening, Perennials, Polkgardening, Summer Flowers, Wildflowers

Warm Season Annual Grass Options for Livestock

by Cassidy Dossin

April 20, 2020

Warm season perennial grasses lead forage production in Florida through the summer months; most producers rely on bahiagrass or bermudagrass to feed their livestock through the heat, but some producers utilize warm season annuals to give an ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock
Tags: Annual, Annuals, Forage, Grasses, Livestock, Summer Forage, Warm Season

Fact Sheets: Annuals | Annual Flowers Bedding Plants | Gardening with Annuals in Florida | Lee County Extension | Stephen Brown

by Stephen Brown

January 25, 2018

Annuals Annual-Flowers-Bedding Plants Gardening with Annuals in Florida READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Annuals, Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Lee County, Stephen Brown

Backyard Sugarcane in the Panhandle

November 20, 2017

Do you want to add a little something different to your landscape? How about something edible, as well as a focal point in your garden? Backyard sugarcane may be just what you are looking for. Sugarcane, genus Saccharum, is a tropical perennial ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Annuals, Fall Gardening, Panhandle Gardening, Sugar Cane

Cilantro – Great for Cool Season Gardening

by Samantha Murray

November 13, 2017

Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) is a short-lived annual herb with bright green, feathery, flat leaves that look very similar to flat-leaved parsley. Leaves can be harvested at will after they grow to a mature size and then continuously as ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Annuals, Cilantro, Cool Season Gardening, Coriander, Edible Landscape, Fall Gardening, Herbs, Panhandle Gardening, Winter Gardening

Annual Bedding Plants This Time of Year?

February 10, 2017

Yes, even with cool weather setting in, much can be done on the flower gardening front. Let’s kickoff 2017 by being the envy of the neighborhood with flower beds that are rich and vibrant in color. Annual bedding plants are plentiful in ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Annual, Annuals, Bedding, Flowers, Panhandle Gardening

The David W. Marshall IFAS Extension Office Demonstration Garden

by BLOGS.IFAS

November 6, 2015

Guest Article for the Tallahassee Democrat November 6, 2015 By: Lana Arnold “…that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” is the often quoted Shakespearean line. The “rose “ with a new name is ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Annuals, Grasses, Native Plants, October-December 2015, Orchards, Perennials, Roses, Shrubs, Trees, Tropical Plants, Vegetables Heerbs, Vines And Non-invasive Plants

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