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Native Plant Nursery Spring Festival

Media Alert: Ever-popular UF/IFAS Native Plant Sale returns to campus this weekend

by Megan Winslow
May 15, 2026

What: The UF/IFAS Native Plant Sale. When: June 21 and 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: The UF/IFAS Native Plant Nursery, just west of the greenhouses located at 2333 Mowry Road, Gainesville. About: Shop hundreds of native plant species ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Events, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Blueberry, Campus, Conservation, Event, Extension, Florida Wildflower Foundation, Gage LaPierre, Grass, Green Antelopehorn Milkweed, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Intern, Legume, Megan Winslow, Milkweed, Native Plant Horticulture Foundation, Native Plant Nursery, Native Plant Sale, Natural Area Teaching Laboratory, Nursery, Office Of The Dean For Research, Plants, Purchase, Restoration, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Shop, Shopping, Shrub, Sunflower, Tree, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Wildflower, Wildlife

UF research verifies consumers want wildlife-friendly plants

by Brad Buck
May 15, 2026

Consumers want to buy plants that enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship with fauna in their landscapes, preliminary University of Florida research shows. To help meet consumer demand, UF/IFAS researchers want to assure consumers that those ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication, Bernie Mach, Caroline Nickerson, Consumers, Entomology And Nematology, Growers, Jaret Daniels, Laura Warner, Milkweed, Monarch Butterfly, Nurseries, Pollinator Friendly Plants, UF-certified, Urban Landscape Summit, Wildlife-friendly Plants

Aphids make tropical milkweed less inviting to monarch butterflies, study finds

by Samantha Murray
May 15, 2026

When oleander aphids infested tropical milkweed, monarch butterflies laid fewer eggs on the plant, and the caterpillars developing on those plants were slower to mature. The researchers will next investigate pest management options that ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Wildlife
Tags: Adam Dale, Aphids, Bernie Mach, Entomology And Nematology, Jaret Daniels, Milkweed, Monarch Butterfly, News

Free Plant Propagation Workshop!

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 15, 2026

The UF/IFAS Wakulla County Master Gardener Program is offering a Plant Propagation Workshop this Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. The class will be taught by Connie Kolias, a long time participant in the Leon County Master Gardener program. Current ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Community, Education, Florida, Free, Fun, Garden, General Information, Grow, Growing, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Milkweed, Natural Resources, Plant, Plants, Propagation, Sustainable Living, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Learn About Monarchs and Milkweed at the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Service Open House and Wakulla Master Gardener Plant sale

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 15, 2026

This week’s showers are stimulating all kinds of plant growth and development. Some are producing showy, bright blooms now while others will be blooming later. Some of these plants are critically important to specific insects. Without the ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Community, Environment, Extension, Lawn & Garden, Master Gardener, Milkweed, Monarchs, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Open House, Uncategorized, Wakulla, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension
Common Tickseed.

Aaaahhhh – Aphids!

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 14, 2026

Aphids are a very common garden pest. They feed by piercing leaves and sucking out the juices. This can cause leaves to crinkle and curl, especially on new flushes of growth.   Aphids excrete a fluid that contains a lot of sugars. ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: #ufbugs, Aphids, Beneficial Insects, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Good Bugs, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Milkweed, Monarch, Pest Management, Pests, Pollinator Gardens

Gardening with Florida Native Plants

by Tia Saracino
April 16, 2026

Watch our Gardening with Native Plants webinar with Tia Silvasy, UF/IFAS Extension and Anita Camacho, Little Red Wagon Native Nursery What is a native plant?Let's start with a few definitions. A native plant is one that has been documented ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Central Florida, Florida, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Home Landscapes, Landscape, Landscaping, Milkweed, Monarch, Native, Native Plants, Plants, Tsilvasy

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