Thank you for bringing in a sample which made it much easier to identify. The weed is purple deadnettle, Lamium purpureum. This winter annual is found throughout most of the United States and into Canada…. Read More
The plants attached to your tree are ball mosses. Despite their common names, Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) and ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata) are not mosses, but members of the Bromeliad family. Ball moss is a… Read More
There is a special arborist certification just for risk assessment (Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) and you can find those by looking it up through the International Society of Arboriculture listing. I have given you… Read More
Vines: Getting all tied up Most of us have a love-hate relationship with vines. The hate part of the relationship is mostly over the aggressive or invasive vines. The people who love vines are looking… Read More
I believe your caterpillar is the Frangipani hornworm, Pseudosphinx tetrio. It is a common moth in the American tropics and subtropics although can occasionally be found in southern parts of Florida. The adult moths are… Read More
Wow, this is beautiful. I am so jealous you had a chance to spot this pretty moth. It is a native scarlet-bodied wasp moth, Cosmosoma myrodora. It is generally found only along the coastline of… Read More
We are trying out a new ornamental grass called Savannah ruby grass, Melinis nerviglumis ‘Savannah’. We are getting different pieces of information about it, but we are going to try it in our demo garden… Read More
Here are a few off the top of my head: #1. Cut down milkweed (especially the multi-colored Mexican variety – Asclepias curassavica) plants in October because we want the monarchs to move south for the… Read More
I believe you are talking about the common buckeye butterfly, Junonia coenia. The large eye spots you saw were developed to help the butterfly scare away potential predators. The common buckeye is found all over… Read More
I suspected the azalea caterpillar but after you brought in some clippings it became obvious. The azalea caterpillar, Datana major, is found in Florida from July through October on azaleas. Often, the caterpillars completely defoliate… Read More
