South Florida is the land of perpetual summer. The upside: no sleet, no snow, no ice. The downside: no fall colors — or are there? Examine the Garden closely during […]
Lethal Bronzing Disease: Protecting our Community’s Palms
Lethal bronzing disease (LBD), formerly known as Texas Phoenix Palm Decline, is a devastating disease of palm trees. As the name suggests, lethal bronzing is fatal to about 19 palm […]
Summer Sunshine
Crape myrtle flowers remind me of happy faces or rays of sunshine. Perfectly round, with crinkled petals and a yellow center, several Lagerstroemia species brighten our landscape and streetscape in […]
Can plants from the wild save our food crops?
It can be hard to imagine, but every fruit or vegetable we buy in the store or grow in our gardens was originally a wild species in nature. At some […]
Florida’s Prime Real Estate
This blog is part of this year’s Roots: Power of the Unseen theme, which celebrates the complex world beneath our feet and seeks to inspire a new appreciation for the unnoticed, yet vital parts of […]
Summer in SWFL: Get Out, and Garden!
Enjoy this article, originally published in the Summer 2021 issue of Cultivate, the Garden magazine. Summer in Southwest Florida isn’t for everyone, but if you are a plant person like […]
