Category: Agriculture

Flower Friday: 4 Unusual and Aesthetic Edibles

by Duval MGV
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

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

by Stephanie Means
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

Flower Friday: 4 Native Plants Blooming Now

by Duval MGV
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

Time for Blueberries in N.E. Florida

by Larry Figart
May 2, 2025

While Florida is known nationwide for citrus, and winter vegetables, the Florida commercial blueberry industry has expanded recently with over five thousand acres in berry production producing over 20 million pounds annually. You may already ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Blueberries, Duval, Figart, Fruit, Horticulture, IFAS

Fall is a great time to plant trees

by Larry Figart
November 4, 2024

We often hear that spring is the best time to plant trees. Even Arbor Day, the day dedicated to planting trees, is in the spring. While there is no “bad” time to plant a tree, fall is a perfect time to put a tree in the ground. By ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Arboriculture, Duval, Figart, Planting, Trees, Urban Forestry

Tree Care Myths

by Larry Figart
September 6, 2024

As part of my duties as an extension agent, I answer a lot of questions about trees. Many times, folks are surprised that the solution that they found online was not the best one, and that sometimes it was actually harmful. It is surprising ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Arboriculture, Duval, IFAS, Landscape, Palms, Trees

Heat Stroke: Protect Yourself in the Garden this Summer!

by Duval MGV
July 12, 2024

Woah! Who turned up the heat? It seems with temperatures consistently reaching into the upper 90’s, that summer started early and intends to be l-o-n-g! This doesn’t mean we can’t keep gardening, but it does mean that we need to take extra ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Fainting, Florida Sun, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Rash, Heat Stroke

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

by Duval MGV
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

The New Year of Garden Care and Beyond | Garden Trends for 2024

by Duval MGV
January 24, 2024

Garden Trends for 2024 can be summarized into one thought: landscape designs with altruistic objectives. The styles may vary but every garden space shares one common denominator, and that is sustainability. Native Plants Gardening continues ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture
Tags: Edimentals, Foodscaping, Garden Trends For 2024, New Wave Planting, Sustainability

Are palm trees really trees? Here’s what you should know.

by Duval MGV
January 23, 2024

This post entertains an ongoing debate that I often hear: Are palm trees really trees? Could our state tree, the sable palm, not even be a tree? This has been argued in many different ways with the answer lying somewhere in the middle. Skip ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cambium, Dicots, Monocots, Palms, Phloem, Trees, Trees Vs Palms Debate, Xylem

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