The botanical name given to plants is always exacting in that no matter where you are in the world, the Latin name is used. Common names associated with plants often get in the way and can introduce confusion, but they also can bring descriptive ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Although Florida is home to countless numbers of palms, the list of palms that are actually native to Florida is remarkably short, among them being the Florida Silverpalm (Coccothrinax argentata), so named because of the bluish-silver undersurface ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension,Among the short list of cold-hardy palms which can tolerate temperatures below freezing, the European Fan Palm (Chamerops humilis) is the only one native to - you guessed it - Europe. It is also one of the slower-growing palms, but its curved ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionThe Areca palm aka butterfly palm (Dypsis lutescens) like many other palms, is notable for high wind resistance. It also makes a great privacy screen plant due to its clumping growth habit, with multiple stems arising from a central growing ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture,Bamboo palms (Chamaedorea erumpens) and many closely related species in the genus, are among the few palms that thrive in shade and low-light conditions. For this reason, they are widely used as potted indoor palms and in interiorscapes. Their ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension,
We have an abundance of wounded trees after the hurricane, and they need some time to heal. But trees never heal their wounds – they seal them up! A wound causes the tree to react by putting down layers of wood to shut out the outside ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
As you are driving around Charlotte County, you are probably astonished by the amount of tree damage. A postmortem on some of this damage may show a defect called a codominant stem. This is a place where two or more stems (branches/leaders) ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Fishtail palms (Caryota mitis) are distinctive in appearance and get their moniker from the unique shape of their leaflets which resemble the tail-fins of many common fish. Unlike most landscape palms, Fishtails can tolerate growing in shade, ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureWhen it comes to lanscape palms, Pindo palms (Butia capitata) are remarkable in that they are one of the few cold-hardy palms, tolerating temperatures below freezing, without the customary 'freezer burn' typically seen on other palm species ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture
Although many palms resemble trees, because they are not trees in the strict botanic sense, many palms have unique growth requirements. In this article we'll review those for the Bismarck palm. Planting site Bismarck palms may have a solitary ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture,