Tag: horticulture

Landscape with pond

All About Rain Gardens

by joshuacriss
June 24, 2026

With all the rainy days in northwest Florida lately, you’d be forgiven for wondering if your property would be better suited to being one giant pond. More importantly, you may begin to wonder where all that runoff will end up. It will likely ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Agriculture, Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Extension, FFL, Florida Yards And Neighborhoods, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Franklin, FYN, Gadsden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening In The Panhandle, GI-BMP, Gulf, Holmes, Horticulture, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Office, Okaloosa, Panhandle, Panhandle Horticulture, Santa Rosa, UF, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Walton, Washington

Knee High by the Fourth of July Nonsense

by Matt Lollar
June 23, 2026

I'm sure you've heard the old saying "Knee High by the Fourth of July" in reference to growing corn.  Well, it's just not true in this part of the country.  In fact, it doesn't hold much truth in America's Corn Belt either.  If we planted ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables
Tags: Agriculture, America, Bay, Calhoun, Corn, Escambia, Extension, Farm, FFL, Florida Yards And Neighborhoods, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Franklin, FYN, Gadsden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening In The Panhandle, GI-BMP, Gulf, Holmes, Horticulture, Independence, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Office, Okaloosa, Panhandle, Panhandle Gardening, Santa Rosa, UF, UF-IFAS, Vegetable, Wakulla, Walton, Washington

Media Alert: UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Hosts Blackberry Field Day

by Jamie Groh
June 11, 2026

What: UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center hosts a free blackberry field day to demonstrate production practices such as proper planting, pruning, and fertilization.  Where: UF/IFAS North Florida Research & Education ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Events, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultural Research, Backyard Gardening, Blackberry Field Day, Blackberry Production, Blog Community, Crop Management, Disease Management, Farming Education, Featured, Fertilization Practices, Florida Agriculture, Florida Growers, Horticulture, News, NFREC, NFREC-Q, North Florida REC, Plant Breeding, Pruning Techniques, Quincy, Quincy Florida Events, Small Fruit Crops, Specialty Crops, Sustainable Farming, UF Extension, UF-IFAS
close up of eggplant, carrots, green onion and white onion

Gardening 101: How to Fertilize Your Vegetable Garden

by Calvin Gardner
June 8, 2026

If you’ve been working in your vegetable garden for more than a season, then you know that what makes the difference between a struggling bed and a lush garden is fertilizer.  The University of Florida recommends a 10‑10‑10 fertilizer ... READ MORE

Category: , Fruits & Vegetables
Tags: Central Florida Gardening, Fruits And Vegetables, Gardening, Horticulture, New Vegetable Gardener, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County
Person in a blue shirt tending to variegated plants with green and white leaves.

From greenhouse to patent: Two new pothos cultivars take root

by Stella Canfield
June 4, 2026

After years of breeding and evaluation at the UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC), two new pothos cultivars, Snowy Stream and Green Isle, have been patented for their distinctive foliage characteristics in one of the world’s ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Breeding, Cultivars, Horticulture, Indoor Foliage, Jianjun Chen, National Horticulture Foundation, Patents, Pothos, Richard Henny
Two orchid bees in the foreground with a firebush in the background

Precious Pollinators: Green Orchid Bee

by Forest Hecker
May 28, 2026

Euglossa dilemma: Florida's Brilliant New Orchid Bee If you've spotted a dazzling, iridescent green bee darting through your garden, you may have encountered one of Florida's most fascinating recent arrivals — the Green Orchid Bee (Euglossa ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Landscape, Landscaping, Pgm_Chemicals, Pgm_HortRes, Wildlife
A bin of UFBest peaches. Yellow and red plump fruit.

Suncoast Grown and Gathered: May Stone Fruit! Peaches and Plums in Abundance?

by Forest Hecker
May 27, 2026

At the Sarasota County UF/IFAS Extension Office, we've been cultivating a Food Forest to showcase the most productive, unique, and often underutilized fruits and crops suited to our distinctive southwest Florida climate. Through this ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Work & Life
Tags: FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Horticulture, Landscape, Landscaping, Pgm_HortRes

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