Tag: evergreen

Deck the Halls: Repurposing Yard-Waste for Holiday Decor

by Abbey Smith
November 13, 2025

With the holiday season fast approaching, many folks are reaching for store-bought decorations. But what if your yard could supply some of the festiveness this season? You can turn your landscape trimmings into creative DIY ideas, turning what ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Christmas, Evergreen, FFL, Florida Friendly Landscaping Principles, Holidays, Yard Waste

An Easy Fruit Selection for Your Landscape

by Beth Bolles
November 19, 2024

Although not native to Florida, the Loquat or Japanese plum is adapted to North Florida conditions. Unlike its relatives, apple, peach, and pear, the loquat is an evergreen tree providing a tropical look with attractive dark green leaves. Flowers ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables
Tags: Backyard Fruit, Evergreen, Fruit Trees, Japanese Plums, Loquat

A newer plant on the block – Japanese blueberry

by Ralph Mitchell
May 24, 2023

As our office is near a new development, a great deal of landscape plants are being installed. One that I noticed which is being planted here, as well as elsewhere in the County, is the Japanese blueberry tree. It is originally from ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Elaeocarpus Decipens, Evergreen, Japanese Blueberry Tree

Underutilized Trees: The Nagi Tree

by John Roberts
September 9, 2021

I’ve got a Nagi feeling about this… Natural and Horticultural History Human desires can be capricious and plants can fall in and out of vogue. Somewhat surprisingly, things as long-lived as landscape trees have different levels of merit ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cflandscapes, Evergreen, Ocextension, Tree, Underutilized, Urban Forestry

Wax nostalgic for wax myrtle

by Barbara L. Edmonds
March 5, 2021

By Ralph E. Mitchell Do you like to use native plants in your landscape? If you do, the wax myrtle may be your plant. Useful as a plant for above ground planters, as a hedge, or as a small to medium-sized tree, the wax myrtle is a hardy ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Evergreen, Native, Wax Myrtle

Recently spotted – the yellow jacobinia

by Ralph Mitchell
January 19, 2021

By Ralph E. Mitchell I visited Bok Tower Gardens late last year and spotted a patch of exotic-looking flowering plants in a shady nook. These plants were about six-feet tall and formed clumps of similar size. Atop many of the stem tips ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Evergreen, Justicia Carnea, Perennial, Yellow Flower, Yellow Jacobinia

This Fragrant Shrub Smells Wonderful!

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 31, 2019

As soon as I start my walk in the Exploration Gardens, I smell the delightful scent of the banana shrub. I can’t figure out why this plant isn’t used more in landscapes because it has so many good qualities. This evergreen shrub is both ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Banana Shrub, Cflandscapes, Evergreen, Michelia Figo

Behold, the Brazilian Red Cloak!

by Paul Schumaker
June 4, 2018

By Ralph E. Mitchell As I mentioned last week, we just finished our 2018 Master Gardener Training activity called the “Parade of Plants” where Master Gardener Trainees pick a plant they like and then develop a short ten-minute presentation. ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Brazilian Red Cloak, Evergreen, Flowers, Informal Hedge, Perennial, Specimen Plant

Q: Why do they call some trees and shrubs that lose their leaves evergreen (like Magnolias)?

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 18, 2017

A: The term evergreen is a loosely used term by the general public, which generally means a tree retains its leaves year-round. Deciduous refers to those trees that drop all or most of their leaves when the temperatures drop and the amount of ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Evergreen

Fact sheet: Southern Red Cedar

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 23, 2017

This densely-foliated, wide pyramidal, columnar or oval evergreen grows fairly quickly, ultimately reaching heights up to 40 feet with a 25-foot spread. Some individual plants grow wider than tall as they grow older. Some botanists do not make ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Demonstration Garden, Evergreen, Factsheet, Juniperus Silicicola, Plant Sale, Southern Red Cedar, Tree

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