Tag: perennial

Florida Native Plants to Attract Hummingbirds

by Tia Silvasy
November 7, 2024

There are three species of hummingbirds in Florida, by far the most common species is the Ruby throated hummingbird. They are attracted to red, orange, and pink tubular flowers. To attract hummingbirds to your yard, plant a variety of plant ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Birds, Butterflies, Central Florida, Florida Friendly, Hummingbirds, Native Plants, Perennial, Tsilvasy, Vine, Wildlife

A Salvia for Late Summer Color

by Beth Bolles
August 22, 2024

Salvias are a popular group of plants for attracting pollinators and adding lots of color to the landscape. A unique salvia that offers velvety flowers is the Mexican bush sage, Salvia leucantha. In our heat, Mexican bush sage can tolerate ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Bees, Butterflies, Flowers, Hummingbirds, Perennial, Pollinators, Salvia

Blue for your Florida-Friendly Landscape™

by Ralph Mitchell
November 27, 2023

Blue is an important color in the landscape that is not provided by many flowers in our plant palette. One plant that has been around for decades and is still popular supplies blue flowers in abundance – the genus Evolvulus or Brazilian ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Brazilian Dwarf Morning-glory, Evolvulus, Florida Friendly Landscape, Perennial

Steps on How to Utilize Cool Season Forages in Your Pastures

by Lizzie Whitehead
October 24, 2023

It is the time of year to start implementing cool-season forages in your pastures. Our perennial warm season pasture grasses in Florida become dormant in the fall and winter months because of the shorter days, cooler temperatures, and frosts. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock
Tags: Cattle, Cool Seasons, Forages, Pasture, Pasture Management, Perennial, Planting

Shades of orange – the crossandra

by Ralph Mitchell
August 16, 2022

A common, but often underutilized plant, crossandra is an ideal companion for any landscape that offers part-sun and part-shade conditions. This native to India and Sri Lanka is a perennial evergreen shrub that provides a stunning combination ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Crossandra, Flowering, Gardening, Ornamental, Perennial

Blockbuster in the landscape – the firecracker plant

by Ralph Mitchell
June 22, 2022

The firecracker plant is a weeping shrub with a very unique look. The lanky, multi-stemmed, three- to four-foot-long branches are often covered in bright red tubular flowers from spring through early winter. Maybe you have a firecracker ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Firecracker Plant, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Ornamental, Perennial, Shrub

High society – garlic?

by Ralph Mitchell
June 10, 2022

Riddle me this – when is an ornamental plant associated with a flavoring? When it is society garlic! This common perennial ornamental has a garlic scent when touched, but its main landscape feature is as an ornamental as it sports ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes,
Tags: Perennial, Society Garlic

Feeding Beef Females: Ensuring that no cow is left behind

by Jonael Bosques
September 17, 2021

Winter months can be tricky when it comes to feeding your pregnant or lactating beef cows in Florida. The changing day length, and weather patterns limit grazing options in farms that rely on summer perennial grasses. In Florida summer grasses ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bahia, Beef, Body, Bosques, Bovine, Cattle, Condition, Cool, County, Cow, Crop, Crops, Decision, Extension, Farm, Farming, Fertilizer, Forage, Grass, Grasses, Grazing, Hardee, Heifer, Heifers, IFAS, Jonael, Lactating, Nutrients, Nutrition, Pasture, Perennial, PH, Pregnant, Ranch, Season, Soil, Summer, Supplement, Sustainability, Winter

Have you spotted the leopard plant?

by Ralph Mitchell
August 13, 2021

Somewhat new to our area, the perennial known as the leopard plant is an interesting selection that I first saw about six years ago. Besides large, attractive green leaves, the leopard plant also blooms and prefers shade to part-shade conditions. ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Aureomaculatum, Crispatum, Kinkan, Leopard Plant, Ornamental, Perennial

Recently spotted – the yellow jacobinia

by Ralph Mitchell
January 19, 2021

By Ralph E. Mitchell I visited Bok Tower Gardens late last year and spotted a patch of exotic-looking flowering plants in a shady nook. These plants were about six-feet tall and formed clumps of similar size. Atop many of the stem tips ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Evergreen, Justicia Carnea, Perennial, Yellow Flower, Yellow Jacobinia

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