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Summer seed saving: A Master Gardener shares tips on wildflower propagation

by Megan Winslow
July 31, 2024

Lois McNamara has been growing wildflowers for more than two decades, but she still remembers the species that endeared her to the hobby: blue larkspur. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Horticulture, Work & Life
Tags: (MGV), Beach Sunflower, Blanket Flower, Blue Larkspur, Cat Wofford, Coreopsis, Cutleaf Coneflower, Extension, Garden, Gardening, Hobby, Horticulture, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lois McNamara, Master Gardener Volunteer, Megan Winslow, Seed, Seed Saving, Summer, Tickseed, UF, UF IFAS Extension, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, University Of Florida, Wildflower

Florida-Friendly Wildflowers 3-part Educational Series

by Tia Silvasy
September 16, 2021

Why Wildflowers? Loss of biodiversity is one of the major threats to the world. Pollen nectar provides food for insects, which helps to pollinate our food crops, eat pests, and provide food for other wildlife. You can be part of the solution ... READ MORE

Category: , Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Agroecology, Bees, Biodiversity, Butterfly, Coreopsis, Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Orange County, Phlox, Pollinators, Tsilvasy, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County, Wildflower, Zinnia

Florida Wildflowers: Coreopsis

by Mary Salinas
September 24, 2015

In our demonstration garden we are enjoying the small but vibrant blooms of our state wildflower Coreopsis, also commonly known as tickseed. After many years of its use in the Florida highways beautification program, Coreopsis was adopted ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Annuals, Bees, Butterflies, Butterfly Gardening, Coreopsis, Garden Design, General Gardening, Native Plants, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials, Pollinators, Tickseed, Wildflowers

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