Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping

Jeepers creepers what are all these creatures? See our new UF/IFAS Featured Creatures!

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

May 25, 2017

It is that time of year when it seems that everywhere you look is an insect you have never seen before. To keep you in the know we have pulled together some of the newest Creatures from the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: #ufbugs, BugWeek, Entomology, FAQ, Insects

Fact sheet: Blueberry

by kathywarner

May 24, 2017

Florida's winter season is short and mild with intermittent periods of warm temperatures. Most deciduous fruit cultivars have high chilling requirements and do not grow well in Florida. To produce optimum fruit yield and quality, ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Demonstration Garden, Fruit, Low-chill Cultivar, Rabbiteye, Southern Highbush

Fact sheet: Baldwin Pear

by kathywarner

May 24, 2017

This deciduous tree is native to Europe and eastern Asia, and has been introduced throughout much of the eastern United States, from Maine to Florida, and as far west as Texas and Missouri. Common pear grows best in moist soils ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Common Pear, Demonstration Garden, Fruit, Pyrus Communis

Fact sheet: Anna Apple & Dorsett Golden Apple

by kathywarner

May 24, 2017

Relatively few cultivars of apples (Malus domestica L.) can be grown successfully in Florida. Northern apple cultivars -- such as 'Golden Delicious', 'Red Delicious', 'Gala', 'Fuji', or 'McIntosh' -- are not exposed to ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Apple, Demonstration Garden, Fruit, Low-Chill Apple Cultivars For North Florida, Malus Domestica

Fact sheet: Winged elm

by kathywarner

May 23, 2017

Usually seen at 40 to 50 feet high, winged elm can reach 90 feet in height in the woods with a 30 to 40-foot spread. Canopy form is variable from pyramidal to vase or rounded. A North American native, this fast-growing deciduous ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Demonstration Garden, Tree, Ulmus Alata, Winged Elm

UF researcher offers Floridians tips for surviving country’s worst drought

by BLOGS.IFAS

May 23, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Concern is growing among state residents as Florida experiences the worst drought in the country, according the U.S. Drought Monitor. Sixty-six percent of the state is now in a drought, the highest percentage of any U.S. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Disaster Preparation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Conserve, Drought, News, Water

Fact sheet: Two-winged silverbell

by BLOGS.IFAS

May 23, 2017

Two-Winged Silverbell is a wonderful, small, deciduous native tree, reaching 20 to 30 feet in height, with a fairly dense, rounded silhouette when grown in the full sun. In its native habitat as an understory tree along stream banks it appears ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Demonstration Garden, Factsheet, Halesia Diptera, Two-Winged Silverbell

Fact sheet: Chestnut Oak

by BLOGS.IFAS

May 23, 2017

Chestnut Oak is a deciduous, native tree which reaches 50 to 60 feet in height with an equal spread when grown in the open. It is capable of reaching to 100 feet in the woods. The glossy, green, four to eight-inch-long by 1.5 to 3-inch-wide ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Chestnut Oak, Demonstration Garden, Factsheet, Quercus Prinus, Tree

Fact sheet: Southern Red Cedar

by BLOGS.IFAS

May 23, 2017

This densely-foliated, wide pyramidal, columnar or oval evergreen grows fairly quickly, ultimately reaching heights up to 40 feet with a 25-foot spread. Some individual plants grow wider than tall as they grow older. Some botanists do not make ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Demonstration Garden, Evergreen, Factsheet, Juniperus Silicicola, Plant Sale, Southern Red Cedar, Tree

Fact sheet: Post Oak

by BLOGS.IFAS

May 23, 2017

This 40 to 50-foot-tall deciduous tree creates a dense, rounded canopy of spreading, twisted branches, but is not cultivated in nurseries (Fig. 1). The four to six-inch-long by three to four-inch-wide, shiny, dark green leaves are deeply lobed ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Demonstration Garden, Factsheet, Post Oak, Quercus Stellata, Tree

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