Stephen Brown

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I am the horticulture extension agent in Lee County, southwest Florida. Contact me on most landscape issues including native plants, flowering trees, plant identification, and insect and disease problems. brownsh@leegov.com

Posts by Stephen Brown:

• Q and A: I have a gardenia bush that is steadily going downhill. How should I care for this plant to bring it back to health?
• Q and A: Can you shed some light on why our laurel oaks drop their leaves at different times?
• Fact Sheets: Norfolk Pine | Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension [pdf]
• Fact Sheets: Nematodes | Gold Mound Durante | Managing Nematodes | Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension
• Fact Sheets | Native Plants of Southwest Florida | Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension
• Fact Sheets: Lawns and Turfs | Anthacnose | Cerospora Leaf Spot | St Augustine Grass | Fairy Ring | Fertilization | Gray Leaf Spot | Nitrate Leaching | Rust | Pythium Root Rot | Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension
• Fact Sheets: Invasive Plants | Air Potato | Brazilian Pepper | Japanese Climbing Fern | Two-Leaf Nightshade | Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension
• Fact Sheets: Irrigation | Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension
• Fact Sheets: Insecticides | Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension
• Fact Sheets: Insects | Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension