Tag: Perennials

October 2022 Home Show Includes Seminar on What to Plant in Fall

by llw5479
October 19, 2022

This year’s Home Show, sponsored by the Building Industry Association of Okaloosa & Walton Counties (BIA), will include a seminar on what to do and not to do during the fall in our North Florida lawns, landscapes and gardens. The Home ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: Annuals, Bulbs, Fall Gardening, Gardening, Landscaping, Lawn Pests, Lawns, Perennials

Golden Fall in the Panhandle

by Sheila Dunning
October 2, 2017

Each fall, nature puts on a brilliant show of color throughout the United States. As the temperatures drop, autumn encourages the “leaf peepers” to hit the road in search of the red-, yellow- and orange-colored leaves of the northern deciduous ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Fall Color, Groundcover, Native Plants, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials, Wildflowers

Firespikes for Fall Color and Hummingbird Food

by Sheila Dunning
November 7, 2016

Looking to add something to brighten your landscape this autumn? Firespike (Odontonema strictum) is a prolific fall bloomer with red tubular flowers that are very popular with hummingbirds and butterflies. It’s glossy dark green leaves ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Butterfly Gardening, Fall Color, Firespike, Hummingbird, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials

Daffodils – A Sign That Spring is Near

by Sheila Dunning
February 25, 2016

Few plants seem to signify the freshness of spring quite as well as daffodils. The name “daffodil” is derived from “addodell” a variant of Asphodel (a plant of the Asphodelus genus.) In historical documents and the common language of ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Bulbs, Daffodils, Flowers, General Gardening, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials

Evaluate and Enjoy Your Landscape This Fall

by llw5479
November 4, 2015

Fall is a good time to evaluate your landscape, learn from what has and what has not worked and formulate plans to improve your landscape. Before your lawn and landscape plants go dormant, do a walk through of your landscape, make notes if ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Best Management Practices, Evaluation, Landscape, Ornamental Shrubs, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials

Brighten Bare Spots in Your Landscape

by llw5479
June 9, 2015

There are areas in most landscapes where it just is not practical or possible to bring in the tiller and create a flowerbed. A little imagination, a decorative container and appropriate plants can turn a bare spot into a splash of color. Consider ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Annuals, Container Gardens, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials

S.H.A.R.E. During National Pollinator Week – June 15-21, 2015

by Sheila Dunning
May 22, 2015

Everyone with a landscape can make a difference for pollinators. Simply Having Areas Reserved for the Environment enables homeowners, land managers, farmers, individuals, corporations, schools, roadside managers, and golf courses to increase ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Beekeeping, Bees, Butterflies, Butterfly Gardening, Butterfly Habitat, Gardening For Wildlife, Hummingbirds, Insects, Native Plants, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials, Pollinators, Wildflowers, Wildlife Habitat

Insectary Meadows Provide Food for Pollinators and Homes for Good Bugs

by Sheila Dunning
April 28, 2015

Bees have been disappearing at an alarming rate and continue to vanish without a trace. Why should anyone care? Well, they matter a lot more than most people think. Bees are the overwhelmingly dominant pollinator for most food crops. Native ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Bees, Garden Design, General Gardening, Insect, Insectary Meadows, Insects, Intercropping, Native Plants, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials, Pollinators, Vegetable Gardening, Wildflowers, Wildlife

March – Time for Lions and Lambs

by Sheila Dunning
March 2, 2015

“If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb?” Weather sayings can be quite colorful. Some of them may be connected to scientific observations, while others are more superstitious in nature. What the weather will do this month ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Annuals, Garden Design, General Gardening, Lion's Ear, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials, Xeriscaping

If it is “Frozen”, “Let it go” ’til Spring

by Sheila Dunning
December 23, 2014

When you look out at your landscape nobody has to tell you that winter temperatures in Northwest Florida Afterwards, the temperatures warm up and you feel compelled to do something about it. You just need to “turn your back and slam ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Freeze Protection, General Gardening, Irrigation, Landscaping, Ornamental Shrubs, Panhandle Gardening, Perennials, Pruning, Wildflowers, Winter 2014

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