Category: Home Landscapes

Rose Rosette Disease Workshop and In-service Training

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
March 11, 2014

The recent discovery of rose rosette disease (RRD) in Florida threatens the State's $20 million rose nursery industry as well as retail sales and landscape use. RRD is caused by rose rosette virus that is vectored by an eriophyid mite. Already ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Pest Alert, Rose Rosette Disease, Workshops

Bulbs for Every Season of the Year

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 11, 2014

Guest Article for the Tallahassee Democrat Spring bouquet of paperwhites and daffodils, photo by Pam Sawyer March 7, 2014 By Pam Sawyer Many moons ago when I first moved to Tallahassee I often heard people saying bulbs won't grow here. ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: January -March 2014, Raised Beds And Bulbs, Vegetable Garden

Fiddlewood Leafroller

by kgabel
March 11, 2014

Fiddlewood Leaf Roller Caterpillar, Jennifer PossleyFiddlewood (Citharexylum fruticosum) is an attractive shrub native to South Florida that is often used as a tall hedge. It has glossy leaves with small white showy flowers that bloom ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease
Tags: Insects, Plant Problems, Shrub

Structural and Household Pest Training

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 6, 2014

Pest Control Operators in General Household Pests or Termite/Wood-destoying Organisms. Here is an opportunity on March 21 to earn CEUs in both categories, as well as some CORE, before the season gets really busy. 32114Structural Government, ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Management, Pests & Disease, Professional Development
Tags: Commercial Horticulture

Spanish Best Management Practices

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 4, 2014

In 2014, a Florida fertilizer license is required for all employees applying fertilizer to the lawn and landscape. Spanish speaking personnel can qualify by taking the Best Management Practices class in Spanish. The next opportunity is Wednesday, ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Landscapes, Professional Development
Tags: Commercial Horticulture

NW District Agent Irrigation Training

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 4, 2014

All Extension Agents, regardless of program areas, who want to learn more about landscape irrigation are encouraged to join us at WFREC Irrigation on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Landscapes, Professional Development

2014 Home Show includes landscape seminars

by llw5479
March 2, 2014

This year’s Home Show, sponsored by the Building Industry Association of Okaloosa & Walton Counties, will include lawn and landscape seminars. The Home Show will be held March 8 and 9 at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Landscapes
Tags: Lawn & Garden

New later blooming Japanese Magnolias

by llw5479
March 2, 2014

Japanese or Saucer Magnolias, Magnolia × soulangiana, have long been appreciated for their display of flowers in late winter and early spring. Their primary flaw is that their purplish pink flowers usually open in late winter and are often ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes

Time to apply preemergence herbicide but wait to fertilize lawn

by llw5479
March 2, 2014

The coming weeks are the time to apply a preemergence herbicide to prevent summer annual weeds in your lawn. Timing of a preemergence herbicide application for summer annual weeds such as crabgrass should be during mid February to March 5 ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes

Cold injured palms

by llw5479
March 2, 2014

Cold damage is inevitable when growing tropical palms in North Florida. Drs. Monica Elliott and Tim Broschat from the University of Florida provide the following tips on how to cope with cold injured palms. Wait to remove injured palm leaves ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes

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