Tag: Butterfly Gardening

Pollinator Garden

Good Natives for a Butterfly Garden

by Maria Quirico
March 4, 2026

As spring approaches, gardeners often rush to buy whatever they can find to fill a butterfly garden with color. But the best butterfly gardens contain as many native plants as possible to attract butterflies and other pollinators.Butterflies ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife
Tags: Attract Wildlife, Butterfly Gardening, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Native Florida Plants, Pollinator Garden, Residential Horticulture

Our Passionate State Butterfly

by Donna Corbelli Castro
June 25, 2025

It's a butterfly world! Sometimes, my garden is literally bursting with butterflies.  If you feel this way too, then you may have planted many butterfly host plants.  A butterfly host plant is one which they lay their eggs on.  You must ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, , Wildlife
Tags: Butterflies, Butterfly Gardening, Maypop, Newsletter, Newsletter2, Passiflora Incense, Passiflora Suberosa, Passion Vines, Pupal Mating, Zebra Longwing
A small Hairy-Woodpecker foraging for insects in the bark of a live oak tree with draped spanish moss and dehydrated resurrection ferns

Transform Your Yard Into a Wildlife Haven

by Yvonne Florian
February 19, 2025

by Yvonne Florian, Edited by Andrea Lazzari What does it take to turn your landscape into a “Wildlife Haven” and why would you want to?  Observing wildlife can foster a sense of well-being and increase your quality of life and knowledge ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Wildlife
Tags: Bird Watching, Butterfly Gardening, Feeding Wildlife, Florida Friendly Landscape, Home Landscape, Native Plants For Wildlife, Native Shrubs With Berries, Wildlife Photography
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Senna ligustrina: a Native and Host plant for Sulphur Butterflies

by Tia Saracino
January 14, 2024

Senna ligustrina, or privet senna, is an easy to grow Florida native plant. It is a nectar plant for pollinators and a larval host plant for species of sulphur butterflies. This is a perennial that lives for several years and produces beautiful ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Butterfly, Butterfly Gardening, Florida Native, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Hillsborough County, Home Landscapes, Larval Host Plant, Privet Senna, Senna Ligustrina, Sulphur Butterfly, Tampa, Tsilvasy

2024 – New year’s gardening resolutions – don’t go dormant – spring into gardening!

by Ralph Mitchell
January 1, 2024

The New Year is a great time to make some horticultural resolutions that will benefit any landscape.  Let's look at some tips, suggestions and strategies that will make your landscaping experience in Southwest Florida the best in 2024 – we ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Annual Flowering Plants, Butterfly Gardening, Florida-Friendly Landscaping

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