Extending Bloom Time
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer JoAnn Green I was in a local nursery last week looking for some flowering plants to replenish some of my container planters. I wasn’t alone in my search for some… Read More
Tag: Landscape
True Indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer Linda Clemens A couple of years ago, I visited Kingsley Plantation in Jacksonville, part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. An interpretive garden contained many of the crop plants… Read More
Building a Dry Garden Bed
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer Michele Hackmeyer In a previous blog, I described plants to consider using in a dry garden bed. Now I will describe what it takes to create the bed. Doing something… Read More
Garden idea for full sun, dry area
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer Michele Hackmeyer Do you have a hot, dry, full sun area that you would like to make into some kind of interesting garden bed? First let me be clear when… Read More
Two Native Ornamental Shrubs for Shade
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer JoAnn Green Two lovely shrubs for part-shade are the American Beautyberry and Oak Leaf Hydrangea. Both plants grow to over 8 feet in height and width, so they need room… Read More
Patrick Williams is new extension agent
The Wakulla News presents 6/4/2020 Article By WES MAYBERRY The Wakulla News Staff Writer Williams comes to Wakulla from position as residential horticulture agent in Sarasota County Extension Director Patrick Williams Patrick Williams’ love of… Read More
Aztec Grass, Mondo Grass, and Lioriope for Shady Areas
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer JoAnn Green All three of these non-native ‘grasses’ make lovely groundcovers and borders in the shady landscape. Each prefers partial shade, and a few do okay in sunnier areas. They… Read More
Eliminating Tree Seedling Permanently
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer Michele Hackmeyer Get Rid of Unwanted Vegetation Do you have little tree seedlings growing up along a fence, in a hedge, or near other shrubs? And every time you cut one… Read More
UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension is OPEN!
The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information, and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race,… Read More
Colorful Caladiums
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer JoAnn Green Caladiums Nothing brightens up the shady summer garden than the colorful caladium. Here in Wakulla County, the time to plant tubers is late March or early April. In… Read More