To many people a good ant is a dead ant. We do have our share of pest ants in Florida – not to mention fire ants! But, just like many things in life, there are exceptions and there is a good ant to praise. This ant is the pyramid ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
Nothing looks as nice displayed from the front of your house or off a porch than a hanging basket. A hanging basket offers a different planting dimension that can add color and texture to an area not normally landscaped. The containers ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
The “summer snapdragon”, better known as Angelonia, is a great warm-season flower that grows from one to three feet tall and produces three-quarters to almost one-inch wide white, blue, white, lavender, purple, and pink flowers arranged ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
The Canary Island Date palm is a huge and impressive plant found in many neighborhoods where it can reach heights up to sixty feet tall with fifteen-foot fronds. Sometimes referred to locally as the "pineapple palm", will this palm fit into ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
Over fifty years ago, I received a small mail-order Over fifty years ago, I received a small mail-order bougainvillea plant and grew it in on a windowsill indoors up north. I actually got it to bloom, and it brought color and tropical ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
A few years ago, I was given a small Brazilian red cloak plant to try in my landscape. It grew vigorously to about eight-feet tall by the following year and became a stunning specimen in my front flower bed. At Christmas it was festooned ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
Some plants have a number of uses across a broad spectrum – Bahia grass as an example where it is used both in pastures and as a landscape turf. Another crossover plant in the same vein is the turf alternative called perennial peanuts. ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn
County Events are a welcoming chance for 4‑H members to share what they know, teach a skill, and celebrate learning with their club and community. This quick guide outlines what you can enter, how to choose the right category, how to register, ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Curriculum
While orchids are not my specialty, I have dabbled with them from time to time. Perhaps the most success I have had is with cattleya orchids. Giant spectacular blooms, fairly easy to care for and somewhat forgiving of my occasional neglect, ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
Our office is often asked what type of groundcovers are best to plant or is there even a turfgrass alternative. While several come to mind, one popular choice is called sunshine mimosa. Sunshine mimosa is a great native groundcover and ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn