Category: Home Landscapes

Why Does Soil pH Matter?

by jeremyrhoden

September 10, 2023

Why does soil pH matter? The foundation of every successful garden starts with quality soil. Whether you’re growing vegetables, flowers, turf, shrubs, or any other plant matter, you must be aware of your soil pH and understand that it can ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Garden, Jeremy Rhoden, Soil PH, Soil Test, Turf, Vegetable Gardens

Celebrating National Pollinator Week: June 19 – 25, 2023

by Amanda Marek

June 19, 2023

If you've noticed a decline in butterflies, bees and birds, you're not alone. Worldwide, pollinators are in drastic decline. Approximately 3 billion birds from the United States to Canada are gone, and 90% of monarch butterflies in North ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Wildlife
Tags: Florida Native Plant, Native Plants, Pollinator Week, Pollinators

Blueberries for your Edible Ornamental Landscape

by Amanda Marek

June 12, 2023

Edible ornamental landscaping is the combination of edible and non-edible ornamental plants. Selecting and maintaining plants according to the Florida-Friendly Landscaping principles can provide an edible ornamental landscape that is attractive, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Blueberries, Blueberry, Edible Ornamental, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Growers

Radiant Rudbeckias

by Amanda Marek

May 15, 2023

If you're looking for a bright pop of yellow color in your flower garden, look no further than the lovely Rudbeckia. There are actually 9 species of Rudbeckia native to Florida (Atlas of Florida Plants), but the most famous of them are the ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture
Tags: Black-eyed Susan, Native Plant, Wildflower

Stormwater ponds need to care too!

by maxine32666

December 2, 2022

Stormwater ponds are commonly seen throughout the state of Florida. Typically, each is built with the intention to prevent flooding by giving rainwater an area of low elevation to run to and filter stormwater prior to it entering larger watersheds ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Lawn, Natural Resources, Water, Wildlife

Gardening & Time: Food on your Time (Part 5 of 5)

by Mark Bailey

November 24, 2022

Typical gardens revolve around annual food crops that are seasonally planted and then harvested. Rather than have long gaps between each harvest, consider a food garden that contains crops that can be harvested or consumed when you are ready. There ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Agriculture, Cassava, Crops, Food, Fruit, Gardening, Organic, Potatoes, Sustainable, Sweet Potatoes, Vegetables

Happy Halloweeding: Lantana

by Amanda Marek

October 31, 2022

We're ending our Happy Halloweeding series with one of the spookiest invasive weeds of all - lantana. Lantana strigocamara (also know as Lantana camara) is listed by the Global Invasive Species Database as one of the worst invasive species ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Invasive Species
Tags: Blooms, Halloweeding, Invasive, Lantana, Toxic Plant

Happy Halloweeding: Air Potato

by Amanda Marek

October 24, 2022

Air potato vine, like the villainous Queen of Hearts, strangles everything in its wake in smothering hearts. It is this week's invasive halloweed. First introduced to the Americas in 1905, air potato quickly became considered ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Invasive Species
Tags: Air Potato, Invasive Vine, Invasive Weed

Gardening & Time: The Future (Part 4 of 5)

by Mark Bailey

October 20, 2022

Consider how can prior and current crops affect the future. What actions can be taken to ensure a successful garden in the future? Understand that pests from prior gardens often show up in future gardens. If weeds in a garden got out of control ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Agriculture, Crops, Fruit, Garden, Organic, Pests, Sustainable, Vegetable

Happy Halloweeding: Mexican Petunia

by Amanda Marek

October 17, 2022

Jumping out from the bushes to scare us this week is Mexican petunia (Ruellia simplex). Mexican petunia is a Category 1 invasive plant, the worst category of invasiveness used by the Florida Invasive Species Council. Category 1 invasive plants ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Invasive Species
Tags: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Invasive Plant, Mexican Petunia, Purple Flower

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