Tag: wildflowers

Fall Wildflowers Know It’s Autumn

Posted: September 23, 2016

By Les Harrison Wakulla County Extension Director It is hard to believe, and the weather is no indication of the change, but today is the first official day of fall. The autumnal equinox is an… Read More

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes

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Partridge Pea

by Les Harrison

Posted: September 14, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director While there are still hot humid days left in the year, the dwindling hours of sunlight indicate the approach of the autumn equinox. The folks at… Read More

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes

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Controlling Summer Weeds

by Les Harrison

Posted: August 5, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director As parents ready their children for the new school year, nature is already preparing for next spring by sending out mass quantities of seeds for the… Read More

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease

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Poison Ivy and Poison Oak

by Les Harrison

Posted: May 18, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Despite the heat and bugs, nothing beats spending time outside with family. Make sure children understand the plants to stay away from when they are out… Read More

Category: Natural Resources

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Tent Caterpillars

by Les Harrison

Posted: May 13, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Summer is a popular time of year for camping. As school ends, parents are busy signing their kids up for day and overnight camps. Tent moths… Read More

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife

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Wildflowers are Blooming All Over Wakulla

by Les Harrison

Posted: May 6, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Nothing says natural beauty like wildflowers. This time of year, nature puts on a stunning show. The ground is covered in a lush blanket of wildflowers,… Read More

Category: Natural Resources

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Visit Our New Native Path

by BLOGS.IFAS2

Posted: April 29, 2015

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: Cathy Frank, Community, coreopsis, Environment, Garden, gardening, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, native path, Native Plants, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, nature trail, plants, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, wildflowers

Spiderwort and Rustweed

by BLOGS.IFAS2

Posted: April 29, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director It is said that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but what if that rose was called spiderwort? Surely, one would have… Read More

Category: Natural Resources

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Spiderwort and Rustweed

by Les Harrison

Posted: April 29, 2015

Category: Natural Resources

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Blue Violets and Horse Sugar

by Les Harrison

Posted: April 1, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Spring is a time of renewal–its gentle warmth encouraging bursts of color in the most unexpected places. Even the tiniest plants are doing their best to… Read More

Category: Natural Resources

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