Vines – Native & Invasive
Wednesday, May 22 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Location: Peck Center 516 S 10th St Fernandina Beach, FL Rebecca Jordi will give a lecture on native and invasive vines Wednesday evening, May 22 from 7:00 pm – 8:00… Read More
Tag: Native
Florida-Friendly Plants- Butterfly Milkweed
When it comes to weeds in the garden, I can’t think of one more beloved by gardeners than the milkweeds and for good reason. With their beautiful flowers and importance to butterflies, it’s easy to see why they… Read More
Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
Florida – The Land of Flowers Ponce de Leon named Florida in 1512. “La Florida,” he called this land, Spanish for flowery, covered with flowers, or abounding in flowers. Yet our landscapes of today are mostly green masses… Read More
Florida-Friendly Plants- Oakleaf Hydrangea
When looking for a tough, versatile native shrub for Northeast Florida, it’s hard to beat the Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia). Growing in full sun or shade, this shrub is fairly drought tolerant but prefers a rich, moist soil. … Read More
Restoring Florida’s Coast: From the Perspective of a Student
Guest post by Anna Babione In the beginning of the year, Mr. Ahrens introduced the idea of growing our own plants from seed to replace the invasive species on Florida’s beautiful coast. At first, I was not sure… Read More
500 Native Coastal Plants Replace Invasive Vegetation
On Monday, May 21st, a group of Hernando County Master Gardeners and community volunteers assisted UF/IFAS Hernando County Extension Agents, Brittany Hall-Scharf and Bill Lester, with removing invasive vegetation from coastal county parks. With shovels and rakes in… Read More