Tag: perennial

What Kind of Plant is Best for Your Garden?

by Julia Sirchia
January 16, 2025

We all admire the vibrant flowers on display at almost any garden center, maybe you've even been tempted to purchase a few. The first time, no matter what you did, your beautiful plants died within the year. You tried again, and the same thing ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: #RightPlantRightPlace, Annual, Biennials, Central Florida, Community Garden, Community Gardens, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Goals, Healthy, Horticulture, Irrigation, Landscape, Landscaping, Native Plants, Perennial, Plant Lifecycle, Resilient Landscaping, Right Place, Right Plant, Smart Irrigation, Soil, UF/IFAS Pasco Extension Office, Water, Water Wise, “In

New year’s gardening resolutions – spring into 2025 with UF/IFAS resources!

by Ralph Mitchell
December 31, 2024

The New Year is a great time to make some horticultural resolutions that will benefit any landscape. Let's look at some resources that will make your landscaping experience in Southwest Florida the best in 2025 – we can help! The overarching ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Edis, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Landscape, Low Maintenance, Master Gardener Volunteers, Ornamental, 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

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