The “summer snapdragon”, better known as Angelonia, is a great warm-season flower that grows from one to three feet tall and produces three-quarters to almost one-inch wide white, blue, white, lavender, purple, and pink flowers arranged ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Over fifty years ago, I received a small mail-order Over fifty years ago, I received a small mail-order bougainvillea plant and grew it in on a windowsill indoors up north. I actually got it to bloom, and it brought color and tropical ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
A few years ago, I was given a small Brazilian red cloak plant to try in my landscape. It grew vigorously to about eight-feet tall by the following year and became a stunning specimen in my front flower bed. At Christmas it was festooned ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
Why is the shrub known as “Golden Showers”, “Rain-of-gold”, or Thryallis considered a great Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ approved plant? Flowering almost all year round, this graceful shrub is a low-maintenance evergreen that ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Highlights Short-spined thrips are devastating ornamentals and crops worldwide, thriving in South Florida’s warm climate and spreading fast. In a novel study, UF/IFAS researchers mapped the pest’s biology life cycle, reproduction ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Blog Community, , Crops, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Well before the Category II invasive groundcover blooming right now in the area took the label of “Florida Snow”, I remember when a native plant held this title - often an uninvited guest - the saltbush. Saltbush is a native, large ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
It may seem really early to be thinking about the fall flower garden and bedding plants, but once you are in the middle of that season, it is often too late to act. Planning ahead, please consider growing one really tough and ornamental ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Often plants have a special feature that makes them worth growing even when other characteristics are underwhelming and not overly ornamental. The blue butterfly bush is an example of this - featuring beautiful exotic flowers, the leggy ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
If you heard the name ‘Sloppy Painter’ or ‘Yellow Icing’ would you know what type of plant it was? How about ‘Gold Star’ or ‘Fishbone’? These are all croton cultivars. Cultivars are cultivated plants that have selected ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes