Written by Samantha Walter-Cano, Edited by Olivia Zugay With the holiday season in full swing, there are many ways to incorporate gardening into your holiday festivities. One of the most common ways is to use holiday plants as house/garden ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture,
Everything bloomed later this year, didn't it? Those 3 - 4 days of frost delayed everything in our Jacksonville gardens, though many blooms have been well worth the wait. Who knew that bromeliads were frost resistant? My blue sage's ... READ MORE
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Today is Easter and for many people Easter symbolizes renewed life. And so, the white flowers of the Easter lily signify the new life of spring. Easter lily grows from a true bulb. A number of plants that people commonly refer to as bulbs ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
By Ralph E. Mitchell Of all of the holiday plants available, amaryllis bulbs often appear first and are now for sale in many local garden centers – in fact, I just bought one! With flowers up to twelve inches in diameter, and up to ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Written by Leslie Munroe and Yvonne Florian If you wish to brighten up a shady spot in your landscape, why not try planting some bulbs? But not tulips, daffodils, or crocuses. Those are the bulbs for northern climates and would just end ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
Recently, I was thrilled to see a new caterpillar in my garden. I have many host plants for butterfly larva and was excited to find out what it was. It was a pretty caterpillar. Would it be a pretty butterfly? Had my green shrimp plants finally ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
While some people may miss the spring flowers of the north – tulips being one of them - we have many flowering bulb substitutes which put on a similar show right here in southwest Florida. One that is showing up now is the amaryllis. Amaryllis ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is upon us (wasn’t it just Christmas?). A recent survey from the National Retail Federation projects that Americans will spend about $18.2 billion on their valentines this year, and about $2 billion of ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Q: My neighbor gave me some gorgeous pink and white amaryllis for Christmas. She told me they could be planted in the yard. How do I take care of these beautiful plants? A: The following information was gleaned from a University of Florida/IFAS ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Many tropical and subtropical bulbs thrive in Florida, and amaryllis is one of them. A favorite among gardeners, they are considered tough, reliable bulbs that require little care. In early spring, after a required winter rest period, the bulbs ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes