Florida Native Milkweed Butterfly Milkweed is a beautiful and important plant throughout the state as the larval host for the Monarch, Queen, & Soldier Butterflies. Featuring showy orange flowers that sway in the breeze, Butterflyweed propagates best by seed. It is not the easiest plant ro grow partyl because the caterpillars will eat the entire plant overnight! It also experiences a great deal of pest pressure from aphids. With water, castile soap, & neem oil, it can be suc

Florida Grand Live Oak Failure due to suspected drought stress. Why Expert Tree Care Is Your Best Investment This Season Living in Florida means enjoying lush, vibrant landscapes year-round. However, our beautiful urban canopy faces unprecedented challenges. From extended seasonal droughts that sap moisture from our sandy soils to the inevitable threat of high-velocity storm winds, our trees are under constant environmental stress. When a tree is compromised silently from w

Scarlet Rosemallow (Muenchhusia coccinea) is a stunning addition to your Florida yard - provided you have the right conditions. Considered a swamp mallow, this beauty needs moisture to thrive. In the wild, you will find them alongside swamps, lakes, ponds, and ditches. they have large red flowers resembling tropical hibiscus. In fact, until recently they were classified as Hibiscus coccinea and are often called scarlet hibiscus. Plants are a larval source for Grey hairstreak,

Native Florida Plants are the sustainable way to go for the future of Florida landscape. Less water, no fertilizer, more sustainable.

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Passiflora incarnata will stop you in your tracks the first time you see it. The whimsical flowers are large and eccentric, resembling something from the pages of Dr. Seuss. The vining foliage is pretty in its own right and even without flowers adds to any fence or trellis. One the blooms appear, you have something truly magical. In Florida, we are lucky enough to call this native plant our own. Passionflower grows throughout most of the state and does so with ease. Without t

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Native Florida milkweed is blooming now and will continue through the end of summer before going dormant for winter. This dormancy stage is necessary for healthy migratory patterns of monarch butterflies. Milkweed is a necessary host for the survival of monarch butterflies as the sole host plant for their caterpillars. There are several varieties of milkweed native to Florida and all are host plants for monarch caterpillars as well as queen and soldier butterflies. They are a

On April 16th, our Alpine/Nubian mix doe, Becky-with-the-good-hair, kidded twin doelings sired by our Alpine buck, Anakin. Georgia and Maggie are happy and healthy. Mama Becky has plenty of milk and the twins are off to a great start. Their pen-mate Leia seemed a little jealous at first. Sadly, our attempt to breed her failed miserably (who knew goat bucklings could fly?), but we will try again next season. For now, Leia is enjoying playing with her new friends all day. She s

Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) is an evergreen (deciduous in the north) vine with tubular, reddish-orange blooms that mature into berries. The flowers atrract bees, butterflies, and birds. Hummingbirds love to feed on nectar from the flowers, which is also edible for humans with a subtly sweet taste. The flowers last almost all year here in Florida 9b. While coral honeysuckle can grow on the ground, trellising the vines promotes blooms. The flowers mature into berr

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Pruning is more than just cutting branches. It shapes the tree, removes damaged limbs, and improves air circulation.

With more varieties than space allows to list, radishes have numerous advantages for farmers. Cultivars can be chosen for color, flavor, pest management, cover crop, nutrient fixer, weed suppressor, and soil conditioner. So even if you don’t like the spicy and pungent flavor, there are many benefits to planting lots of radishes.