Why should we plant native plants? I’ve talked to people who think Florida is tropical with no variation in plants year-round; that they are green and blooming all year. Florida is semi-tropical with ...

It got cold in Florida this week. On Wednesday, some parts were colder than it was in Anchorage, Alaska. And inland freeze and frost are expected Saturday and Sunday nights in some locations. How are ...

I want to grow more plants that are native to Florida, but I am not sure where to start. How can I tell what is native and what is not? I saw some red & yellow flowers along one of the beach roads and ...

The purple-haired leaf peepers certainly don’t arrive by the busloads for North Florida’s fall foliage, but that does not mean we don’t have our own version of colorful foliage. It is more like late ...

When you step outside or drive through Jacksonville and admire the lush plants you see, thank Henry Nehrling. The botanist's work, and his tropical paradise, touches the lives of most of us in Florida ...

"The right plant for the right spot." Sandy Ball has been gardening her whole life, and this is her mantra. Ball, a certified master gardener at Sun Harbour Nursery in Indian Harbour Beach, said this ...

A decorative plant found on highway medians in South Florida contains chemicals that can stop your heart. A bush with flamboyantly drooping flowers serves as a cheap hallucinogen for teenagers, who ...

Today’s guest was long time grower Manny Herrera. Florida has dozens of native species of carnivorous plants––more than any other state in the United States—including sundews, butterworts, ...

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice this week to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to designate critical habitat for the Everglades bully, Big Pine partridge pea and ...