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Controlling “Florida Snow” in St. Augustinegrass Lawns

by Stephen BrownStephen Brown, Horticulture Extension Agent in Lee County.
December 7, 2023

“Florida Snow” The weed now commonly called “Florida snow” is Richardia grandiflora, a creeping perennial that reproduces by seeds and stem fragments. There are three other Richardias, or pusleys, found in Florida, none of which are ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Turf,
Tags: Florida Pusley, Florida Snow, Large Flower Pusley, Lawn Weeds, Richardia, Richardia Grandiflora, Turf Weeds, Weed Control, Weeds Of Southern Turfgrasses

Palmetto Weevils in Landscape Palms

by Stephen BrownStephen Brown, Horticulture Extension Agent in Lee County.
October 26, 2023

Weevils are a family of beetles that have their mandibles (mouths) at the end of a very long snout-like projection. Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) is the largest North American weevil and is present in many southern states from Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Bismarck Palm, Canary Island Date Palm, Palm Insects, Palm Weevils, Palmetto Weevils

Florida-Friendly Gardening Therapy

by Jennifer Hagen
January 27, 2021

For a while, I was OK with COVID. Not happy, but you could say “average.” After almost a year of this pandemic, like most folks, COVID fatigue has set in for me. When the pandemic struck, I needed to find something I could control. With ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Turf, UF/IFAS
Tags: Drought Tolerant, Featured, FFL, Florida Friendly Landscaping, Florida Friendly Plants, Florida Yard, Garden Therapy, Jennifer Hagen, Landscape Design, Lee County, Native Landscaping, Pollinators, Right Place, Right Plant, Sustainable Landscaping, UF/IFAS, Water Efficiency, Wellness

Fact Sheets | Native Plants of Southwest Florida | Stephen Brown | Lee County Extension

by Stephen BrownStephen Brown, Horticulture Extension Agent in Lee County.
October 26, 2018

Native Plants of Southwest Florida Library of Native Plants: Fact Sheets & Video Links - OLD LINKS (Needs to be Updated) Bark Exfoliation of South Florida Trees Bay Cedar (Suriana maritima) Beach Sunflower (Helianthus ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Bursera Simaruba, Ernodea Littoralis, FFL Yard Recognition Form, Llex Cassine, Pseudophoenix Sargentii, Stachytarpheta Jamaicensis, Swietenia Mahagoni, Acrostichum Danaeifolum, Annona Glabra, Argusia Gnaphalodes, Baccharis Halimifolia, Bark Exfoliation Of South Florida Trees, Bay Cedar, Beach Sunflower, Beautyberry, Bejaria Racemosa, Blackroot, Blechnum Serrulatum, Blue Porterweed, Buccaneer Palm, Buttonbush, Buttonwood, Cabbage Palm, Cabbage Palm Pictorial, Caesalpinia Bonduc, Callicarpa Americana, Camphor Daisy, Canella Winterana, Capparis Cynophallophora, Cephalanthus Occidentalis, Cherokee Bean, Chrysolalanus Icaco, Cinnamon Bark Tree, Citharexylum Spinosum, Coccoloba Diversifolia, Coccoloba Uvifera, Cocoplum, Conocarpus Erectus, Coontie, Coonties And Atala Butterflies, Coral Bean, Cordia Sebestena, Coreopsis Leavenworthii, Cutleaf Evening Primrose, Dahoon Holly, Differences Between Laurel And Live Oaks, Elderberry, Erythrina Herbacea, Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Ficus Aurea, Fiddlewood, Firebush, Flaveria Linearis, Florida Native Plants, Florida Thatch Palm, Gaillardia, Gaillardia Pulchella, Geiger Tree, Genipa Clusifolia, Gentian Noddingcap, Giant Leather Fern, Golden Creeper, Guide For Real Florida Gardeners, Gumbo Limbo, Hamelia Patens, Helianthus Debilis, Helianthus Spp, Inkberry, Ipomoea Cordatotriloa, Ipomoea Pes-caprae, Jamaican Caper, Juniperus Virginiana Var. Silicicola, Lacy Bracken Fern, Leafless Beaked Tresses Orchid, Lee County, Lysiloma Latisiliquua, Mahogany, Mimosa, Mimosa Strigillosa, Morella Cerifera, Myrcianthes Fragrans, Native Plant & Service Directory, Native Plant Nurseries - Local, Native Plant Resources, Native Plants, Native Plants Of Southwest Florida, Native Wetland Species: Lee County, Necklace Pod, Nickerbean, Oenothera Laciniata, Pigeon Plum, Pond Apple, Prickly Plants, Prickly Zones, Psychotria Nervosa, Pteridum Aquilimum Var.candatum, Pterocaulon Pycnostachyum, Railroad Vine, Railroad Vine Measurement, Rayjacksonia Phyllocephala, Rhus Copallinum, Sabal Palmetto, Saltbush, Sambucus Nigra Subsp.Canadensis, Scaevola Plumieri, Sea Lavender, Sea Oats, Seagrape, Seaside Goldenrod, Seven-year Apple, Simpson's Stopper, Small Trees For South Florida, Solidago Sempervirens, Sophora Tomentosa, South Florida Native Plants, Southern Red Cedar, Spanish Bayonet, Stephen Brown, Strangler Fig, Sunflowers, Suriana Maritima, Swamp Fern, Sweet Acacia, Tarflower, Thrinax Radiata, Tickseed, Tie Vine, Uniola Paniculata, Vachellia Farnesiana, Viburnum Obovatum, Walter's Viburnum, Waxed Myrtle, Wild Coffee, Wild Tamarind, Winged Sumac, Yellowtop, Yucca Aloifolia, Zamia Floridana

Fact Sheets: Butterflies | Lee County Extension | Stephen Brown

by Stephen BrownStephen Brown, Horticulture Extension Agent in Lee County.
March 25, 2018

Butterflies American Painted Lady Atala (Coontie Hairstreak, Eumaeus atala) Butterflies and Moths in North America Butterfly Gardening Eastern Comma Florida Butterflies Sheet 1 Hackberry Emperor Red-Spotted Purple Limenitis READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: American Painted Lady, Atala, Butterflies, Butterfly Gardening, Eastern Comma, Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Florida Butterflies, Hackberry Emperor, Lee County, Red-spotted Purple Limenitis, Stephen Brown

Q and A: I don’t know what disease accumulates on the leaves in the following picture. Would you please identify it and tell us what we should spray it with?

by Stephen BrownStephen Brown, Horticulture Extension Agent in Lee County.
February 2, 2018

From Whitney, Naples Answer: The plant is Schefflera arbooricola. The black substance is sooty mold. Certain sucking insects, notably aphids, scales, and whiteflies, suck sugary sap from plants and excrete it as a substance known as honeydew. ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Black Fungus, Honeydew, Lee County, Schefflera Arbooricola, Sooty Mold, Stephen Brown
Blanket Sunflower

Q and A: I read your comments about Gaillardia in the January and February issue of Florida Gardening magazine. Are you talking about buying the actual plants and planting them or do you mean starting them from seeds? I have had a good bit of luck harvesting the seeds from dead or spent heads in the summer, refrigerating them and then sowing them in the winter for a spring and summer bloom.

by Stephen BrownStephen Brown, Horticulture Extension Agent in Lee County.
February 2, 2018

From Mark, by email Answer: Gaillardia pluchella, simply known as gaillardia, is a very cold tolerant native plant. As such, it can be started from seeds, or planted as young seedlings in winter without concern for cold weather damage. In ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Blanket Flower, Giallardia Pluchella, Lee County, Native Plants, Q And A, Stephen Brown
Scrub Palm

Q and A: I have heard that there are 12 Florida native palms, but only two that are endemic to Florida. What are the names of these two palms?

by Stephen BrownStephen Brown, Horticulture Extension Agent in Lee County.
February 2, 2018

From T. Bates, by email Answer Although there are 12 palms native to Florida, only two have been determined to be endemic to Florida. A plant native to Florida may also be native to other locations outside of Florida most often to the West ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Horticulture, Lee County, Miami Palm, Palms, Sabal Etonia, Sabal Miamiensis, Sabal Palmetto, Scrub Palm, Stephen Brown

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