Tag: vine

Add aromatic vanilla to your Valentine’s Day with Ask IFAS’ bilingual guide to DIY homemade vanilla extract

by Lourdes Mederos
January 13, 2026

The holidays may be behind us, but the season of celebration isn’t over. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you may be wondering how to turn the chill of winter into something sweet, thoughtful and homemade. The University of ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Home Landscapes, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Aromatic, Ask IFAS, Beans, Capsules, Cured Vanilla Beans, Deserts, DIY, Domestic Vanilla Industry, Food, Guide, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, News, Orchid, Pods, Polination, Tropical Research And Education Center, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center, University Of Florida, Valentine's Day, Vanilla, Vanilla Extract, Vanilla Planifolia, Vanilla-breeding, Vine

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

Declawing the Dolichandra…

by John Roberts
April 12, 2022

Some invasive plants can radically alter landscapes making them look like monocultures, alien, or even relatively ugly. In South Florida, Brazilian pepper and old-world climbing fern come to mind. However, there are exceptions. The cat’s-claw ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bignoniaceae, Invasive, Invasive Species, Not Actually A Cat, Vine

Purple rain, purple rain. All hail the Queen’s Wreath!

by Hannah Eason
March 28, 2022

The Queen is dripping. The waterfall of purple flowers cascading over trellises and featured in spring selfies is known as Queen’s Wreath. This tropical vine commands attention. Wrapping and twining up a supporting structure, these sandpapery ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Central Florida Gardening, Cflandscapes, Color, FFL, Florida Friendly, Flower, Flowers, Hwooten, Landscape, Landscapes, Petrea, Pollinator, Pollinators, Pretty, Purple, Purple Flowers, Queen’s Wreath, Right Plant Right Place, Sandpaper Vine, Spring, Spring Flowers, Tolerant Plant, Tropical, Tropical Plant, Vine, Vines

What’s growing from my sabal palm thatches?

by Ken Gioeli
July 7, 2021

Sabal palm (Sabal palmetto) is native to Florida. It is also the official Florida state tree. This beautiful tree can be found growing in landscapes and natural areas throughout the state. Oftentimes, other plants such as ferns and vines ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources
Tags: Invasive, Sabal Palm, Vine

Hang-on, vines are on the way!

by Ralph Mitchell
May 28, 2021

During one of my recent photo safaris to the Nature Park in Punta Gorda, the coral honeysuckle vine display took center stage attention with a wall of flowers. Vines like the coral honeysuckle take your landscape into the next ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Coral Honeysuckle, Vine

Q: What is the name of the vine-like weed growing in my turfgrass?

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 16, 2017

Q: What is the name of the vine-like weed growing in my turfgrass? They are not difficult to pull up but it does smell unpleasant when it is disturbed. I have never seen it flower. A: After bringing me this specimen, it was easy to identify ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Invasive, Skunk Vine, Vine

Q: What is this vine growing around my shrub?

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 16, 2017

A: Thank you for bringing it in, it made the identification much easier. You have dodder plant, which belongs to the genus Cuscuta. There are more than 150 species of dodder plants worldwide. They are unusual plants because they do not possess ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Dodder Plant, Vine, Weed

Q: My friend brought me this beautiful vine from south Florida. What can you tell me about it?

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 9, 2017

Q: My friend brought me this beautiful vine from south Florida. She says it has clusters of purple flowers on it from late spring through the fall. What can you tell me about it? A: This plant identification would have been difficult had ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Petrea Volutbilis, Queen’s Wreath, Sandpaper Vine, Vine

Q: I have a vine in my yard that has very feathery seed heads. Do you have any idea what the plant might be called?

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 14, 2017

A: The feathery seeds from the clematis vine are very attractive even though the flowers are no longer present. Clematis vines are among the most decorative and spectacular of flowering vines. They are a varied group of mostly woody, deciduous ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Clematis, Clematis Armandii, Vine

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