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Florida Holiday Gardens
Ideas for holiday plants in the Florida garden that have year-round appeal.
florida holiday gardens • florida gardening • holiday gardens • florida gardens • poinsettia

How to Plant a Garden in Florida
The best, easy-to-care-for Florida gardens use plants native to Florida. Florida gardening is complicated due to sandy soil, a very wet rainy reason and very dry winter
florida gardening • planting a florida garden • basic gardening tips • native plants in florida • xeriscaping in florida

Choice Vines for Florida Gardens
Vines for connoisseurs
petrea volubilis • vines • florida gardening • queen's wreath • sandpaper vine

Cottage Gardening, Florida Style
It is possible to have a cottage-style garden in Florida. Learn what constitutes this style in the first part of a three-part series.
florida gardening • cottage-style gardening • selection of plant material • elements of cottage-style gardening

Designing a Tropical Garden
Fashion your own tropical paradise.
designing tropical gardens • florida gardening • fragipani • plumeria • tropical gardens

Florida Garden Tune-Up
Overview of basic Florida garden tasks for mid-summer.
gardening • gardening community • gardeners • perennials • watering

Here's Looking at You, Kid: Focal Points in the Garden
A cottage garden without a strong focal point is like Bogart without Bacall, the Mona Lisa without her smile, or Florida without its Crackers.
cottage gardens • florida gardening • focal points • design elements • formal gardens

Hostas in Florida
Try this shade loving plant in your landscape.
hostas in florida • hostas • tropical climate gardens • florida gardens • landscaping

More Vegetable Varieties for the Florida Garden
Here is another list of heat-, pest- and disease-resistant veggie varieties that will grow in Florida's hot southern climate, including peppers, lettuce and peas.
vegetable varieties florida garden • recommended cultivars south central north fl • heat pest disease resistant veggie varieties • grow peppers florida • grow lettuce florida

Pregnant Onions?
Yep. Just when you thought you'd seen it all...
ornithogalum caudatum • ornithogalum longibracteatum • pregnant onion • sea onion • florida gardening

Seasonal Container Plants
Keeping tropical container plants thriving.
seasonal container plants • florida gardening • southern gardening • florida gardens • seasonal planting

Shrubs for Florida Gardens
Shrubs can give Florida gardens real drama.
florida gardens • florida shrub • shrubs • native shrubs • seasonal plants

Social Climbers
Flowering vines offer brilliant displays of seasonal color
flame vine • pyrostegia venusta • pyrostegia ignea • florida gardening • vines

Succulents, Part III--Aeoniums
A brief survey of Aeoniums.
aeoniums • succulents • florida gardening • canary islands • florida panhandle

Succulents, Part IV--Sempervivums
A look at Sempervivums, or Live-Forevers.
sempervivums • florida • gardening • succulents

The Vining Life
Vines are an essential element in Florida gardens. Find out which ones you should grow and why.
vines • florida gardening • subtropical • climbers

Tips for Vegetable Gardening in Florida
Follow these recommendations for a successful Florida vegetable garden and avoid some of the common problems, such as soil infertility, pests, and overwatering.
vegetable gardening florida • tips growing crops florida • best growing vegetables florida • common problems florida vegetable garden • recommendations grow food florida

True Blue
Floridians can incorporate this exceptional color in their gardens with the addition of a subtropical vine and a Mexican salvia.
blue butterfly pea • clitoria ternatea • vines • florida gardening • salvia sinaloensis

Welcome to Suite 101's Florida Gardening site
An introduction to Suite 101's new Florida Gardening site.
florida • gardening • gardens • tropical • subtropical

South Florida Fall Garden Makeover
South Florida gardens can be brutalized by the summer heat, but all is not lost. Some simple tips will make the investment last another season, and maybe another year.
south florida gardening • fall gardening in south florida • fall gardening • rejuvenating plants • fall flowering plants

Madagascar Periwinkle: an Easy to Grow Annual
Madagascar periwinkle, or just periwinkle, is a very popular heat and drought tolerant annual in summer gardens. In warmer climates, it can be almost a perennial.
periwinkle • growing periwinkle • native vinca • madagascar periwinkle • growing vinca

How to Attract Hummingbirds to Florida Gardens
There are many residents of Florida who believe that hummingbirds just aren't that common in their state. Some avid birders disagree.
hummingbirds • florida • hummingbirds in florida • attracting hummingbirds • gardening for hummingbirds

Vegetable Gardening in Florida
Gardeners can enjoy growing food most of the year in Florida, but the warm weather can also cause a number of pest and disease problems.
vegetable gardening florida • grow vegetables florida • grow food south central north florida • pest disease problems florida garden • warm season crops florida

A New Year in the Garden
Some autumn tasks to perform for Florida gardens.
gardening • gardening community • florida gardening • florida gardeners • southern gardening

Crape Jasmine
Invite this intoxicatingly fragrant shrub to your next party
crape jasmine • crepe jasmine • tabernaemontana divaricata • ervatamia coronaria • florida gardening

Florida Weeds
A brief discussion about Florida's weed and non-native species problems.
florida weeds • weed • non-native • invasive • turf

Global Gardening Zones
Global Gardening Zones gives resources for gardening zones worldwide, including information on what gardening zones are and how to use them to plant your garden
gardening zones • planting zones • austrarlian gardening • canadian gardening • florida gardening

Melaleuca Madness
Melaleuca quinquenervia, commonly known as the punk, or paperbark tree, has been wreaking havoc on South Florida's delicate ecosystems for over 50 years. Now this aggressive Australian import is being converted into a mulch that will hopefully one day replace cypress in popularity.
melaleuca quinquenervia • paperbark tree • punk tree • mulch • invasive species

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory... Part II
Part II contains information regarding the toxicity of Gloriosa tubers, hints on propagation, a discussion of nomenclature, and sources for these great plants.
gloriosa lily • glory lilies • malabar lily • climbing lily • gloriosa superba

Mulch Ado about Mulch
Florida's number one choice in mulch--Cypress--is bad for the environment and for us.
cypress • taxodium distichum var. distichum • taxonium ascendens • bald cypress • pond cypress

Vegetable Gardening in Zone 9 & 10
Vegetable gardening in the hot, sandy, bug and pest filled climates can be difficult. The following tips can help make your garden productive.
gardening • vegetable garden • zone 9 • zone 10 • hardiness

Camellias and Rhododendrons
Discover the stately charm of these beautiful plants.
florida gardening • magnolia • spanish moss • orange blossoms • mangrove

Florida Edible Landscape
Creating an edible landscape can revive your garden.
florida edible landscape • edible landscaping • designing planning gardens • companion planting • edible flowers

Florida Ground Covers
Get creative with the use of ground covers in your garden.
florida ground cover • florida climate • southern gardening • underplanting • ivy

Florida Orchids
Discover the unusual beauty of orchids
florida orchids • orchids • orchid • exotic plants • air plants

Florida's Soils and Climate Zones
A description of Florida's unique gardening environment.
gardening • gardening community • florida gardening • southern gardening • seasonal gardening

Heat-resistant Vegetable Varieties for Florida
Choosing the right heat-, pest- and disease-resistant food cultivars can make for a successful Florida vegetable garden.
heat resistant vegetable varieties • vegetable varieties florida • tomato plants grow florida • seed varieties grow florida • heat pest disease resistant cultivars

Herbs for Companion Planting
Companion planting with herbs, vegetables and fruit trees. Deter pests, encourage growth --all by knowing what loves what! Easy organic gardening tip.
organic gardening • herb gardening • companion plant • carrot love tomato • gardening tip

Hydrangeas in Florida
Enjoy the beauty of this big-headed shrub.
hydrangeas in florida • hydrangea • shrub • flower blooms • hydrangeaceae

The Appeal of Succulents
Succulents offer an exciting array of choices for Florida gardens.
succulents

Natural Organic Pest Control
Methods of pest control, bug control, insecticide, pesticide, and herbs as organic pest and insect control, flea and tick control. Do it yourself gardening pest control.
pesticide • natural pesticide • organic pesticide • organic pest control • gardening pest control

Ring in the New Year with New Friends!
Want to add some unique, interesting and new proven plants and shrubs to your Florida garden, try these blooming beauties?
florida • new plants • lakefront • wet soils • rotting

Part 1 - Florida-Friendly Landscaping
Introduction and description of series of Florida-friendly landscaping practices to reduce water usage, maintenance, and protect Florida's precious resource: potable water.
florida-friendly landscaping • florida • water • garden • gardening

Soil Solarization for Nematode Management
Prepare soil using the intense heat from the sun to "cook" garden pests and diseases to death. It is an effective, organic alternative to pesticides and fungicides.
soil solarization • nematode management • super heat soil • control soil borne diseases • prepare soil

Finding Florida Plants in North Carolinia - Part 1
Finding new plants for Florida landscapes is always exciting. In a three part series, Teresa goes on vacation to North Carolina to find Florida plants for her gardens. Which ones did she buy and will they survive in a sub-tropical climate?
florida • north carolina • buying plants • hostas • diana remembered

Heat Tolerant Lettuce Varieties
For gardeners who have a hard time growing lettuce in areas where the heat comes early and lasts a while.
heat tolerant lettuce • lettuce for warm climates • growing lettuce in warm climates • heirloom lettuce • leaf lettuces

Finding Florida Plants in North Carolina - Part II
Finding new plants for Florida landscapes is always exciting. Part II of a three part series, Teresa goes on vacation to North Carolina to find Florida plants for her gardens. Which ones did she buy and will they survive in a sub-tropical climate?
florida • north carolina • buying plants • hostas • diana remembered

Scary Gardening
Would you like to spook <cough> I mean spoof up your fall garden? How about adding some spectral ambiance for a Halloween display? Gothic gardens are not only for Halloween, for some they are a way of life and death.
gothic • gardening • halloween • ghosts • coleus

Plant Me! I'm Irish!
Everyone on St. Patrick's Day wants to be Irish! Irish gardens evoke great memories of an ancient culture filled with leprechauns, fierce Fenians, and believable fairy tales. But what if your family is from the Mediterranean, Mexico, Japan, Africa or India? What kind of international gardening can you bring to your Florida landscape?
gardening • irish • st. patrick's day • shamrocks • oriental

How NOT to Win the Tacky Yard Art Contest
Let's take a look at some of our old winners and losers and try to see if we can figure out what makes one thing tacky and another pretty terrific.