The season of fertilizing is in full swing. If you don't have a Limited Urban Fertilizer license from FDACS, now is the time to get one. The first step is completing the Green Industries Best Management Practices class. For more information: ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Home Landscapes, Professional DevelopmentBy: Dehlia Albrecht, 352-273-3665; dehliadee@ufl.edu GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- While parents are getting ready to send their kids off to camps, two dozen teachers will prepare for their own summer adventure. On June 12, teachers from across ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Camp, Events, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
The African violet (Saintpaulia species) is a popular houseplant that grows and flowers under light conditions found in the average home or under artificial light. Many different varieties, types, and flower colors exist. For best growth ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Once uncommon, staghorn ferns are now popular and widely available. They are ideally suited to south Florida's growing conditions and will grow well in central and north Florida if protected from freezing temperatures. Staghorn ferns are ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Redcedar is an evergreen growing 40 to 50 feet tall in an oval, columnar, or pyramidal form (very diverse) and spreading 8 to 15 feet when given a sunny location. It develops a brownish tint in winter in the north and is sometimes used in windbreaks ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
The symmetrical, dense, rounded form of Schilling's dwarf holly requires infrequent pruning to maintain its 4- to 6-foot height and spread (Fig. 1). Ideally suited as a low-growing foundation plant, Schilling's dwarf holly works well as a tall ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Aristolochia littoralis or calico flower is a cultivated ornamental vine. Native to Brazil, calico flower is grown for its colorful and unique pipe-shaped flowers. Herbal preparations have been used for various ailments ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
The well-known daffodil is now available in single or double flower forms in various color combinations of yellow, white, apricot, cream, peach, red, or orange . Long used in forced pot culture, daffodils make attractive naturalized ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesJust three months into the development of a community garden with our partner, at the Hilltop Landings Community (Pasco Housing Authority) in Dade City, and already great strides have been made. Community members have taken over all of the watering ... READ MORE
Category: Community Volunteers, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS ExtensionThis morning, our Pasco Master Gardener Trainee Class was visited by a guest lecturer, BJ Jarvis. BJ is CED and Horticulture Agent in Citrus County. This morning, as she was searching for teaching props in her yard, she was hit with a stunning ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease