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The Silk Floss Tree

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
August 16, 2022

The Silk Floss Tree commands attention in every season. From a stunning floral display, to the trunk laden with menacing spines, to the palmate foliage, it is no wonder this rainforest tree has found a place in managed landscapes around ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, , Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Home Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Best Practices, BMP, BMPs, Cflandscapes, Cool Tree, Ethonobotany, Extension, FFL, Florida, Florida Tree, Flowering, Flowering Tree, Gardening Solutions, Hwooten, Interesting Plant, Landscape, Landscaping, Life Jacket, Orange County, Orange County Extension, Pink Flowers, Pollinator Plant, Rainforest, Right Place, Right Plant Right Place, Right Plnat, Spike, Spikey Trunk, Tree, Trees, Tropical, Tropical Tree, Useful, Useful Plant

Everything Gets Hotter In The City

by Calvin Gardner
June 24, 2022

It’s a cool, calm, collected drive through the rural backroads of Orange County. A place where fresh air and greenery is in abundance, and you can't help but roll the windows down, turn up the radio, and take a deep breath. But as the country ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Natural Resources
Tags: Fresh Air, Greenspace, Ocextension, Ornamental Grasses, Shrubs, Trees, Urban Heat Island Effect

Adopt-a-Tree 2022

by JK Yarborough
February 9, 2022

As we work our way into 2022, the Adopt-a-Tree program is getting ready to kick-off their first event. If you are not familiar with Adopt-a-Tree, here is a quick synopsis. Adopt-a-Tree events seek to give Orange County Residents an opportunity ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Adopt-a-tree, Landscape Management, Ocextension, Tree Giveway, Trees, Trees Are Good, Urban Tree

Flowering Trees of Central Florida

by John Roberts
October 30, 2021

Why Flowering Trees? Most trees, like pines, oaks, elms, hickories, ashes, and maples, produce relatively inconspicuous flowers. If you have room for another tree and want to add a splash of seasonal color, there are many options at your disposal ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture
Tags: Cflandscapes, Flower, Flowering Tree, Selection, Trees, Urban Tree

Non-native Invasive Plants Common to Central Florida

by Tia Silvasy
September 1, 2021

Part of having a Florida-Friendly landscape is following principle #1, Right Plant, Right Place. Criteria for being the right plant for the right place include: • Suitable for our climate (Central Florida is USDA Hardiness Zone 9B) • ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Central Florida, Exotic Invasive, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Home Landscape, Horticulture, Invasive Plants, Landscape Management, Ocextension, Plants, Trees, Tsilvasy

Tree-cycle: Recycle your Fall Leaves

by Tia Silvasy
September 23, 2020

Let the leaves be! If you have a tree in your landscape, tree-cycle your leaves as mulch or compost. This Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ practice will reduce the amount of waste that you generate while providing benefits to your landscape. ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Lawn, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Central Florida Tree Species, Compost, Fertilizer, Florida Friendly, Leaf, Mulch, Nutrient Cycling, Ocextension, Orange County, Recycle, Tia Silvasy, Trees, Volcano Mulch

Trees and Hurricanes: Now and Later

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
July 31, 2020

Florida's hurricane season is from June 1st to November 30th every year. Hurricanes bring strong sustained winds capable of playing dodge ball with debris in the landscape. Keeping your Florida landscape hurricane ready involves a few key steps ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Arborist, Cflandscapes, Hurricanes, Hwooten, Landscape Management, Maintenance, Prune, Pruning, Tree Pruning, Trees

Trees and Lightning Strikes

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
May 29, 2020

STRIKE! BOOM! CRAAAACK! Yes, folks, that is the sound of Florida's rainy season. Florida's heavy summer rainfall certainly keeps plants growing like Jack's beanstalk, but sometimes those skies are also laced with lightning. Frightening! Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Horticulture, Lawn, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Arborist, Cflandscapes, Damage, Florida, Hwooten, Irrigation Pipe, Landscape, Landscapes, Lightning, Strike, Thunderstorm, Tree, Tree Risk, Trees

Spring Planting

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 16, 2019

Spring is the time of year that many people get enthusiastic about planting trees and shrubs in their landscape. While planting can be done during any season, fluctuations in temperature, rainfall, and other environmental conditions could influence ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture
Tags: Ocextension, Planting, Plants, Shrubs, Spring, Trees

Why Do Some Plants Get Cankers?

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 19, 2018

Canker diseases are common, widespread and destructive to a wide range of trees and shrubs. A ‘canker’ is really a symptom of an injury often associated with an open wound that has become infected by a fungal or bacterial pathogen. Canker ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Canker, Cflandscapes, Disease, Trees

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