Tag: annual

Reliable Annuals: The Marigold

by Julia Sirchia
October 1, 2024

Marigolds (Tagetes spp.) have long been beloved for their rich coloring and ability to suppress plant - parasitic nematodes. This is true, however, simply planting marigolds in your garden or landscape, or intercropping, will not reduce nematode ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: #RightPlantRightPlace, #SaveWaterFL, Annual, Central Florida, Community Garden, Community Gardens, Dade City, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Goals, Horticulture, Irrigation, Landscape, Landscaping, Marigold, Resilient Landscaping, Right Place, Right Plant, Saving Water, Smart Irrigation, Soil, UF/IFAS Pasco Extension Office, Water, Water Conservation, Water Wise

Velvet gems – celosia in the garden

by Ralph Mitchell
May 2, 2024

An annual flowering bedding plant that you might try this summer is the Celosia. Coming in three forms – plume, cockscomb, and wheat - this highly colorful and heat tolerant annual flower is a must. The velvety texture and neon-bright ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Annual, Bedding Annuals, Celosia, Summer-tolerant

Salvias for Your Florida Garden

by Jamie Daugherty
January 30, 2024

What better way to add color into your Florida Garden than to include the versatile Salvia. This is one of the largest genera of flowering plants with a thousand species worldwide. Salvias will grow in full sun to shade, sandy soil to mucky ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Annual, Attract Wildlife, Butterflygarden, Gardening, Mint, Perrenial, Salvia

Glorious coleus

by Ralph Mitchell
May 23, 2023

Almost everyone is familiar with coleus – it was one of the first plants that I grew as a child. The coleus has colorful foliage in shades of green, red, pink, yellow, red and maroon. The leaf shape is also very variable as is the ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Annual, Coleus

A weed is just a plant out of place – the ornamental side of amaranth

by Paul Schumaker
April 28, 2020

By Ralph E. Mitchell When is a plant a weed? A plant is a weed when we feel it is out of place. In some instances, a plant can be a weed as well as a colorful ornamental, a valued grain plant and a leafy spinach substitute. Amaranth ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Amaranth, Annual, Colorful, Ornamental, Tropical

Warm Season Annual Grass Options for Livestock

by Cassidy Dossin
April 20, 2020

Warm season perennial grasses lead forage production in Florida through the summer months; most producers rely on bahiagrass or bermudagrass to feed their livestock through the heat, but some producers utilize warm season annuals to give an ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock
Tags: Annual, Annuals, Forage, Grasses, Livestock, Summer Forage, Warm Season

Wrap Up: MREC’s Strong Attendance at ASHS 2019

by Angela Colonna
August 22, 2019

The UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center’s (MREC) researchers and graduate students had strong attendance at this year’s American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) annual international conference. The MREC team ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research,
Tags: Annual, Breeding, Disease, Genetics, Germination, Horticulture, Human Issues, Keynote Speaker, Marketing, Pathology, Professional, Research, Soil, Water, Weed Control

A universe in your garden

by Paul Schumaker
March 7, 2019

By Ralph E. Mitchell As you are planning your annual flower bed this year, one that I have really had good success with in Charlotte County is Cosmos. This annual flowering plant comes in many sizes, shapes and colors. Originally from ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Annual, Cosmos, Cosmos Bipinnatus, Flower, Flowering, Lavender, Mini-meadow, Pink, White

Fact sheet: Ruby Grass

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 17, 2018

We are trying out a new ornamental grass called Savannah ruby grass, Melinis nerviglumis 'Savannah'. We are getting different pieces of information about it, but we are going to try it in our demo garden anyway. Some say to treat it ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Annual, Demonstration Garden, Melinis, Melinis Nerviglumis 'Savannah', Ornamental Grass Nerviglumis, Ruby Grass

Annual Ryegrass: Not just a winter aesthetic.

by Caitlin Justesen
February 27, 2018

Driving through Marion County, “Horse Capital of the World”, even in the depths of winter I am amazed at the beauty of the large commercial farms located here. A particular topic of interest to me and one that I feel could have a real economic ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Livestock
Tags: Annual, Bainum, Cattle, Equine, Feed, Forage, Grazing, Ground Cover, Hay, Horses, Livestock, Pasture

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