Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping
Four Assorted Birds
October 12, 2020
On the fourth day of winter a dear friend gave to me four assorted birds. Making small changes in the landscape benefit winged visitors. At minimum, birds need food, water, cover and space to bear and raise young. It is possible to balance ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesTags: Birds, These Days Of Winter, Tree
Four Assorted Birds
October 12, 2020
On the fourth day of winter a dear friend gave to me four assorted birds. Making small changes in the landscape benefit winged visitors. At minimum, birds need food, water, cover and space to bear and raise young. It is possible to balance ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesTags: Birds, These Days Of Winter, Tree
Try Chinese Pistache for a Small Tree Selection
October 8, 2020
Many people often request a recommendation for a small tree that will be suitable for their landscape and one to consider is the Chinese pistache, Pistachia chinensis. Although not a native tree, Chinese pistache does not have invasive potential ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesTags: Berries, Fall Color, Ornamentals, Pistache, Trees
Patricia Prade, PhD, an expert in biological control of Florida’s most serious invasive plant
October 7, 2020
FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- In Patricia Prade’s native Brazil, Brazilian peppertree is a natural tree that fruits red peppercorns. But, in Florida, the tree is the state’s most serious invasive plant, where it consumes more than 700,000 acres ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Tried and true – Jatropha
October 2, 2020
While there are many “tried and true” flowering shrubs for our area, there is one that stands out as an almost “foolproof” selection. The shrub/small tree known as Jatropha integerrima, or just plain Jatropha for short, is a plant ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesTags: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Jatropha
Foodscaping: Landscape Design with an Edible Twist
October 2, 2020
Did you ever want to grow something for the dinner table in your yard, but said I don’t have the space, or I don’t have the time, or it seems like a lot of hard work or even I have restrictions because of the homeowner’s association I ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Gardening In The Panhandle, Master Gardeners, Wakulla County Extension