Here is some excellent advice for butterfly gardeners from Kelly Greer, Orange County Extension Agent for Residential Horticulture and Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program: There has been much discussion about a recent scientific ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly LandscapingPosted by: Michelle Atkinson, Environmental Horticulture Agent On Monday of this week a lawn maintenance worker was found dead in a stormwater pond after the mower he was riding flipped over on top of him. As I teach classes to our green ... READ MORE
Category: Home LandscapesMichelle Atkinson, Environmental Horticulture Agent, and Ross Peterson, Florida-Friendly Landscaping Coordinator hamming it up. No human beings were harmed in the making of this video.....LOL For more information on the fertilizer blackout ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, LawnMonday, June 1 is the beginning of the summertime fertilizer blackout. During this time you cannot apply any fertilizers containing nitrogen or phosphorus to your lawn or landscape until October. The County’s strict fertilizer ordinance ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, LawnPost prepared by Martha Glenn, Commercial Horticulture Agent Do you have snowbush? Are they being eaten? If so you might want to look for these black and yellow inchworms (above). These guys are ferocious eating machines that love ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & DiseasePost prepared by Lisa Hickey, Urban Horticulture Agent Insect pollinators love the following plant families: Asteraceae (the daisies) Fabaceae (the beans) Laminaceae (the mints) Polygonaceae (the buckwheats) Rosaceae (the roses). Flowers ... READ MORE
Category: Home LandscapesPost prepared by Michelle Atkinson, Environmental Horticulture Agent Lubbers can be controlled with a non-chemical method. The Eastern Lubber Grasshopper rarely occurs in high enough numbers to cause significant damage to gardens and ornamental ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease