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Purple passion flower

Flower Friday: 4 Unusual and Aesthetic Edibles


May 16, 2025

May is "Gifts From the Garden Month" and to explore that theme, the flowers featured this week are from unusual and aesthetic edibles! Edible landscaping is a top trend right now, and a traditional vegetable garden isn't the only way to grow ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Edible Ornamentals, Edible Plants, Edimentals, Florida Friendly Landscaping
Tomato plant leaves showing white squiggly lines in the leaves

What’s making these squiggly lines all over my leaves?


May 6, 2025

As the weather reaches summertime temps and humidity levels, you may start seeing more pests in the yard.  One question we get a lot at the Extension Office is "What are these squiggly lines all over my leaves?"  The answer is: leafminers!  ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Friendly Landscaping, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Leaf Miners, Leafminers, Plant Pests, Vegetable Gardening
Dune sunflower flower with a bee on it.

Flower Friday: 4 Native Plants Blooming Now


May 2, 2025

Native pollinators are a crucial part of our ecosystem.  Our native flowers and plants support those native pollinators in many ways that nonnative plants often cannot. Keep your eyes peeled for these blooms opening in nature near you.  Whether ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Friendly Landscaping, Flower Gardening, Flowers In Florida, Native Plants, Pollinator Gardening, Wildflowers
Oxalis a pretty spring flower but...

That pretty pink thing… it’s not your plants’ friend!


April 5, 2024

This time of year is made less glorious by all the plant problems that are rearing their ugliness and keeping us away from the fun stuff like planting new beds, redesigning old ones and just generally spending as much time as possible in the ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Creeping Woodsorell, Oxalis, Oxalis Corniculata L, Oxalis Debilis Kunth, Oxalises, Pink Woodsorell, Spring Weeds

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