By Ralph E. Mitchell If you like perennials with daisy-like flowers, you will love the yellow bush daisy or Euryops pectinatus. This African native is a Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ recommended plant due to its hardiness and low-maintenance. You will… Read More
By Ralph E. Mitchell The green shrimp plant has become a common weed post Hurricane Charley in our area. Ruellia blechum, or green shrimp plant, is a weed that entered my yard right under my nose. Also known… Read More
By Ralph E. Mitchell My heliconia never fail to impress me – a blaze of red, orange and yellow in a sea of tropical green! I see my lobster-claw heliconia bracts beginning to emerge and I know my… Read More
By Ralph E. Mitchell If you want to plant an annual flower that just about anybody can succeed with, try marigolds. Marigold, a title originally derived from “Mary’s Gold”, was a name actually attached to the equally popular… Read More
By Ralph E. Mitchell The Sunflower or Helianthus annuus is in the same family as marigolds and lettuce, and has been used in some form or another since 3000 B. C. in North America. Whether you know this… Read More
By Ralph E. Mitchell The first time that I tasted a muscadine grape was in Georgia. It was a pleasant difference from what I was used to, namely northern bunch-type grapes. The thick skin and extra-large berry contained… Read More
By Ralph E. Mitchell I hate pickleworms for attempting to ruin my summer squash! They slip into my zucchini, pattypan, and straight-neck squash unawares until I see the telltale hole and frass. Cut open, the squash is generally hollowed… Read More
By Ralph E. Mitchell One flowering bulb that always catches my eye in the garden center spring bulb displays is the calla lily. A member of the Aroid family, this flowering plant forms a spathe with a central… Read More
By Ralph E. Mitchell While some people may miss the spring flowers of the north – tulips being one of them – we have many flowering bulb substitutes which put on a similar show right here in southwest… Read More
By Ralph E. Mitchell One or two flowering plants hardly make an impact at a glance, but a whole line of them close to the road can make you put the brakes on! Once I saw this mass… Read More
