UF/IFAS GLOBAL BLOGS
An Overlooked Southern Belle Lobllolly-bay is a native species with which many gardeners have yet to be acquainted. Although a native to the American southeast, the white flowers would have appeal within many Old World gardens that often… Read More
Not that poinciana… and not that one either… Throughout late Spring to mid-summer certain streets of the I-4 corridor are inhabited by hulking yellow figures that peer over buildings and walls throughout the urbanized landscape. Despite their enormity… Read More
A Statuesque Beauty Adapted for the heat of the Deep South, these large trees tend to thrive in most of Florida. Magnolias are a staple landscape material, and perhaps outside of the live oak (Quercus virginiana), very few… Read More
Profuse is an Understatement Some trees flower, and some trees are nothing but flowers. A golden shower tree in bloom is a heaping mass of visually explicit plant reproduction. A living billboard for pollinators, this tree would be… Read More
A tree of a different color In Central Florida, we are in Zone 9b, which leaves us out of the range for a lot of flowering trees like those from the rosaceae family (i.e., flowering pears and cherries)… Read More
