Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping

Cool Season Vegetables

What to Plant Now – Cool Season Veggies

by Amy Vu
August 21, 2018

It’s hot out. Sweltering. Rainy. But it’s also time to plan for cooler temperatures and relief from the daily downpour. It’s time to plan the fall garden. In Florida, we have two vegetable planting seasons. The warm weather season starts ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Vegetable, Vegetable Garden, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables

Florida-Friendly Plants- Butterfly Milkweed

by Wayne Hobbs
August 17, 2018

When it comes to weeds in the garden, I can't think of one more beloved by gardeners than the milkweeds and for good reason. With their beautiful flowers and importance to butterflies, it's easy to see why they are sought after and one of the ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Asclepias, Butterfly, Butterfly Weed, Florida Friendly, Larva, Milkweed, Monarch, Native, Nectar, Tuberosa
New Guinea Flatworm

When Good Worms go Bad – New Guinea Flatworm

by Amy Vu
August 14, 2018

There’s a worm in town, but it’s not that fat, happy earthworm that we like to find tilling our gardens. Instead, it’s a flatworm, which kind of looks like a cross between a slug and an small earthworm. It can be identified by its pointy ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida, Horticulture, Landscape, Newguineaflatworm, Worm

Garden Festival is replacing the Master Gardener Plant Sale

by David Austin
August 7, 2018

Garden Festival and Plant Sale They say time flies while you're having fun. This may explain why the Garden Festival feels like it is coming so quickly. Yes, the Annual Plant Sale, which comes on the 3rd Week of November every year, is morphing ... READ MORE

Category: Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Festival, Gardening, Highlands County, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners, Plant Sale, Tomato
Scarlet ginger

Scarlet ginger – easy to grow by all gardeners

by Ralph Mitchell
August 2, 2018

Many gardeners shy away from exotic -looking plants with a mistaken fear related to their personal lack of horticultural skill. One such plant in bloom now is the scarlet ginger also known as Hedychium coccineum. This beautifully delicate ornamental ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Butterfly Ginger, Disney, Hedychium Coccineum, Orange Bottlebrush Ginger, Perennial, Scarlet Ginger

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