By host on
11/21/2010 9:04 PM
Salv ia madrensis (Forsythia Sage) is a large and visually striking yellow-flowered Salvia native to the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range in Mexico. The specific name "madrensis" refers to the high mountains where it grows. I noticed this specimen growing in Mounts Botanical Center garde
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By host on
11/21/2010 5:11 PM
 I just discovered this ornamental pepper growing at Mounts Botanical Center, it is the first-ever black-leafed Pepper!
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By host on
11/7/2010 6:28 PM
First I must disclose that I am a strong opponent of using synthetic chemicals in the yard and garden. But when bugs start munching and fungus starts rotting your plants, action must be taken to correct the situation. One of the most ecologically friendly solutions available is Neem oil.
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By host on
10/5/2010 8:50 PM
I absolutely love autumn in Florida. The fall season ushers in a great time to go a little wild and decorate the home and garden like one cannot really pull-off in the summer (basically American flags are about the only decoration that can be used in during the summer holidays).
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By host on
8/22/2010 7:37 PM
So, it has been over a year since I wrote about what I wanted to do to try to cool down the south side of the FG house with landscaping. Here is the original article -- http://www.floridagardener.com/DNN/FGGardenBlog/tabid/59/EntryID/14/Default.aspx
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By host on
8/22/2010 5:56 PM
You have probably heard that gardening provides a source of food, beauty, and numerous physical and mental health benefits. But, are you aware of the hidden dangers that lurk in the Florida garden?
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By host on
8/14/2010 6:31 PM
The FloridaGardener is not a big fan of snakes, especially if they are poisonous or huge like the escaped constrictors slithering around in the Florida Everglades and other wild (and not so wild) areas of the state.
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By host on
8/8/2010 8:39 PM
The roots of all palms are adventitious in origin. What that means is that instead of the more familiar formation of roots under the plant in the soil they originate from stem tissue or old woody roots of the plant.
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By host on
7/11/2010 5:20 PM
 I ordered 2 banana plants last week and they finally arrived on Friday. Yesterday I planted them and this is how I did it...
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By host on
6/27/2010 7:35 PM
Shesh, you can tell that summer is here in South Florida. It has been kind of warm out. There has not been a lot of rain for the past few days, but it has been very humid. It has been so humid that sweating is a really ineffective way of cooling down since the sweat does not evaporate and basically just rolls off of your body in buckets.
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