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Native Flowers Overlooked for Cultivated Blooms

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 8, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director The pastel palette of Spring is here at last. The warm air is abuzz with hummingbirds and bees discovering their new favorite flowers to visit. Some of the most attractive plants ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Azaleas, Bloom, Blooming, Environment, Extension Office, Flowers, General Information, Geraniums, Grow, Growing, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Ornamentals, Plant, The Wakulla News, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

New on Featured Creatures! An encyrtid parasitoid

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
March 28, 2015

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Anagyrus pseudococci (Fig. 1) is a well-known encyrtid parasitoid capable of developing on a variety of mealybug species ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Beneficials, Featured Creatures, Mealybugs, Pest Alert

UF/IFAS Lawn and Garden Fest slated for Saturday, March 14

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 5, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Just in time for spring’s arrival, Lawn and Garden Fest returns to the University of Florida campus on Saturday, March 14, to offer residents free advice and information to help them beautify their yards. It takes ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, UF/IFAS, Work & Life
Tags: Extension, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Soil, University Of Florida

The Meaning in Landscapes

by Kevin O'Horan
March 5, 2015

I was a princess in a castle. Not a ‘come save me, I’m so frail’ princess, but a princess that hunted with falcons, rode griffins and tamed dragons. I had a castle, a fortress, surrounded by an impenetrable forest. My castle was guarded ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Ecosystem, Extension, Gardens, Home Landscape, Imagination, Nature, UF-IFAS, Urban Environment, Wildlife

Manage Yard Pests Responsibly

by Kevin O'Horan
March 2, 2015

  Often, the insects you see in the yard are not harmful and may even be beneficial. To manage possible pests; the first rule is identification. Then determine what level of damage is acceptable to you. If that threshold is passed, ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Extension, Florida Friendly, Garden, IFAS, IPM, Lawn, Pests, UF, Yard

New on Featured Creatures! Fiddlewood leafroller (suggested common name)

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
February 13, 2015

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Epicorsia oedipodalis is known as the fiddlewood leafroller and the seagrape moth. These caterpillars roll up leaves of ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Featured Creatures, Moths, Pest Alert

New on Featured Creatures! Coastal plain hesperapis (suggested common name)

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
January 23, 2015

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Hesperapis oraria Snelling and Stage is a specialized, solitary bee belonging to the family Melittidae (Dasypodainae). Hesperapis ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Bees, Featured Creatures, FL Natives, UF-IFAS Pest Alert

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