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Spring Gardening Activities
Insects – As our temperature gets warmer, you should begin noticing a number of insect pests, including Chilly Thrips, which attack new growth, including flowers and leaves, especially on roses and gardenias. While most insecticides are ineffective on this pest, … Continue reading
Posted in Aphids, Brown Patch, Crape Myrtle, Fertilizing Lawn and Garden, grasshoppers, Insects, Lawn Care, Lawn Pests, Neonecatides, Plant Pests, Scale Insects, Spring Gardening, Thrips, Weeds
Tagged aphids, Brown Patch, Chilly Thrips, Lawn weeds, Lubber Grasshoppers, Mealy bugs, Scale Insects, Stinkhorn Fungi, Take-all Root Rot
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Mimosa – A Tree to Avoid
Perhaps you have noticed a tree with fragrant pink/white pom-pom like blossoms with fern like foliage growing in your area. You may have even thought about adding one to your landscape – Don’t! Read on….. Mimosa trees thrive in full … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape Gardening, Mimosa, Mimosa Tree, Plant Knowledge, Trees
Tagged Invasive Florida Plants, Mimosa Tree
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Preparing Your Trees for the Hurricane Season
Trees provide us with many things, and often we take them for granted. We think that they will live forever. We will over the years become attached to our trees, and whenever we loose them, we experience an emotional let … Continue reading
Planting Flowers Under Trees
In my June 2016 newsletter I responded to a question about adding plants beneath citrus trees. My response was don’t; for the sake of potential problems, including death of the citrus tree. Since then I’ve been asked what about adding … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape Gardening, Mulch, Plant Diseases, Plant Knowledge, Planting Techniques, Trees
Tagged Flowers under trees, Mulch, Trees
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Sago Palm Pups
Summer is almost here, and if you have a sago palm, as many of us do, you’ve probably noticed new growth known as”pups” developing around their base. If you would like more plants, now is the time to remove these … Continue reading
Posted in Sago Palm, Summer Florida Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged Sago Palm, Sago Palm Pups
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Mistletoe
During my recent travels in Central Florida, I’ve noticed an over abundance of mistletoe growing in our trees, yet little if anything has or is being done to eradicate this pest. Why? If left unchecked, it can kill trees. Ancient … Continue reading
Posted in Central Florida tree pests, Mistletoe, Plant Diseases, Plant Knowledge, Plant Pests, Trees
Tagged Mistletoe, Tree pests
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Golden Rain Tree
Lately I and other Master Gardeners have received numerous calls about a tree that residents have seen lately, which had bright yellow flowers a short while ago, and now have developed into 2″ pinkish seed capsules. What is it they … Continue reading
Posted in Fall Florida Gardening, Golden Rain Tree, Trees
Tagged Golden Rain Tree, Koelreuteria formosa, Trees
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Dieback of Slash Pines
It was recently brought to my attention that slash pines are suddenly dying in Central Florida, particularly among some of Orange County Expressway buffers. Closer inspection of these dying trees, which retained their brown needles, showed numerous cankers (wounds) along … Continue reading
More Thoughts on Summer Gardening
In my last posting, I discussed primarily how to cope with hot, humid weather as part of my suggested summer gardening tasks. I’d like to conclude this topic by discussing a few other suggestions: 1. Flowering Plants – As flowers … Continue reading
Posted in Caterpillars, grasshoppers, Insects, Plant Diseases, Plant Pests, Plant Propagation, Poinsettias, Scale Insects, Summer Florida Gardening, Thrips, Weeds, Wind damage to trees
Tagged dead heading, florida summer storms, floweringplants, insects, pests, plant diseases, plant pest control, propagation, summer gardening, weeds
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Oak Galls
Many of you have reported finding small gall-like structures on some of your oak leaves. What to do…spraying with a pesticide won’t help as this problem occurred several months ago as new leaves developed. At that time a small fly-like … Continue reading
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