Get The Dirt: High-color, Low-maintenance And Drought-tolerant Shrubs, Vines And Grasses
For those of us around Florida who enjoy a large amount of color in our landscapes but have little time to maintain what we...
Get The Dirt: UF/IFAS Helps Identify And Avoid Invasive Plants
Invasive plants can create havoc in your yard by displacing native vegetation. Their populations explode, with catastrophic effects. Those include displacing native and non-native...
Get The Dirt: Bette S. Walker Discovery Garden
Interested in innovative ideas for your landscape? Need a mini getaway? Now is a great time to visit the Bette S. Walker Discovery Garden,...
Get The Dirt: For The Love Of Mulch And Mulching!
I love to mulch. It’s relaxing; I’m outdoors and can see immediate results of my labor. It’s multitasking too: mulching while thinking about installing...
Get The Dirt: Buy What Survived … And Other Alternatives
How many of your favorite plants were damaged by frost or freeze this winter? What were those plants? Were they tropical plants established in...
Get The Dirt: New Year’s Resolutions For Your Garden
Did you know the most popular New Year’s resolutions include improving your fitness, losing weight and saving money? Gardening activities can improve your fitness,...
Get The Dirt: Holiday Gift Ideas For The Gardeners In Your...
With Christmas and the New Year right around the corner, it’s time to ponder what to gift to your gardening friends. The classic holiday...
Get The Dirt: Hurricanes, A Landscape Pruning Opportunity
By Lynn Barber, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ agent, and Susan Haddock, commercial horticulture agent
Hurricanes provide many of us with the ‘opportunity’ to prune our landscape plants...
Get The Dirt: Identifying Unwanted Wildlife In The Landscape
Most of us enjoy attracting wildlife to our landscapes. However, there are some wildlife species that we would prefer just go elsewhere. Nuisance wildlife...
Get The Dirt: Container Gardening
By Lynn Barber, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Agent, and Sonya Rose, Urban Horticulture/4H Program Coordinator, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County
Container gardens are quite popular today and...
