As summer changes to fall, the shorter day length and cooler weather bring on changes in our shrubs, trees and lawns. Evergreen plants such as azalea, gardenia, holly, camellia, cherry laurel and magnolia may lose older leaves on branches ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesTake-all root rot is a disease that often affects our Florida lawns this time of year. Rainy weather can trigger this disease. The name take-all is descriptive in that this native soil-borne fungus, Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis, ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & DiseaseThe frequent rains and high humidity of summer provide ideal conditions for foliage disease development in our lawns, landscapes and gardens. These foliage diseases show up mostly as tan, brown of black colored spots varying in size and shape ... READ MORE
Category: Home LandscapesIf you have a Limited Lawn & Ornamental or Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance pesticide application certification, you need 4 hours of training to renew. The next opportunity to earn the right CEUs is November 15, 2017 in DeFuniak ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Professional Development
October brings welcomed relief from summer’s heat. And it’s a great time to plant a wide range of plants. Fall is the best time for planting shrubs. Fall planted shrubs have all winter to grow roots and so will be better established ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Home LandscapesMost people find carnivorous plants interesting. One definition for carnivorous plants states that they derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. These plants ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Home LandscapesPreventive maintenance is key to preparing for storms. Even our thunderstorms can produce thirty, forty or fifty-plus mile per hour winds. But we are also now concerned with the possibility of a major hurricane making landfall somewhere in ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Home LandscapesLandscape personnel that apply fertilizer to the lawn or landscape plants must have a state-issued certification to perform this service. To obtain the certification, individuals must complete a Green Industries Best Management Practices ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture, LawnLandscape personnel that apply herbicides, insecticides or fungicides must have a state issued certification in order to perform this type of work. The next opportunity to attend the review training and sit for the exam is 91317. For more ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional DevelopmentFall should be our busiest gardening season in North Florida. Many plants only do well when planted during the cooler weather of fall. Fall-planted trees and shrubs have a higher survival rate as compared to those planted in spring. Many nurseries ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Home Landscapes