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Amaryllis for the Holidays and Beyond It’s about time to start decking those halls! I love using natural materials and plants as holiday décor, and one plant known for merry and bright is the amaryllis. The amaryllis we buy for our ... READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Fall Wildflowers at Julington-Durbin Creek Preserve By Walter Bryant, MGV Any time of the year is a good time to visit the Julington-Durbin Creek Preserve but, in the fall, the native wildflowers blooming in the sandhills are especially ... READ MORE
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Placing the right plant in the right place is crucial for gardening success, especially in the challenging climate we have here. Most of us are familiar with plant hardiness zones but have you heard of heat zones? (more…) READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Everything bloomed later this year, didn't it? Those 3 - 4 days of frost delayed everything in our Jacksonville gardens, though many blooms have been well worth the wait. Who knew that bromeliads were frost resistant? My blue sage's ... READ MORE
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For the Commercial Horticulture Audience: The southern chinch bug, Blissus insularus, is the most damaging insect pest of St. Augustinegrass. They tend to strike when turf is stressed by drought conditions in spring to summer. However, I have ... READ MORE
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Oh, Honey! Liquid gold. Raw honey is called liquid gold because it is not only delicious but also antibacterial and antifungal. It suppresses coughs and sooths throat irritation naturally. All while doubling as a super sweetener. Spring ... READ MORE
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Early in my career as a forester I advised a homeowner to use a certain pesticide to treat an insect problem he was having. He called me back a week later to tell me that after he followed my advice, his plant was killed. How could that ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Turf
Historically, nothing said spring had arrived any better than a flowering dogwood tree. It remains a favored tree in southern landscapes. Sometimes you may see an occasional dogwood in bloom in the local pine forests. However, it is very ... READ MORE
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When I graduated as a forester 37 years ago, the northern range of mangrove trees in coastal waters was about the Merritt Island area roughly 100 miles south of here. However, with climate change reducing the number of extreme cold events it ... READ MORE
Category: , Coasts & Marine, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Natural Resources, Water
The stuff of horror movies is in your garden; meat eating plants, larvae that devours you from within, birds that attack you. They are the inspiration of movies such as “Little Shop of Horrors,” “The Birds” and many space alien invaders ... READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes