by hoot-admin | Dec 31, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
by hoot-admin | Dec 30, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
The aloe family contains more than 400 species, the most well-known of which is aloe vera, noted for its ability to soothe dry or sunburned skin. Many aloes grow well in rock gardens or arid landscapes in warm climates, and most bloom at least once a year. Source:...
by hoot-admin | Dec 28, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
The classic weeping hibiscus is the Anderson Crepe, a pink-flowering fantasy with an exaggerated weep. Weepers are generally left to grow bigger than shrub standards – and they’re low maintenance, requiring little trimming. They’re better used alone...
by hoot-admin | Dec 27, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
Snowbush is a soft pink fantasy of a shrub with an airy, delicate look – a South Florida favorite for its romantic, informal appeal. This plant adds a sweet touch as a single accent or cloud-like group plantings. It’s an excellent cottage-garden landscape...
by hoot-admin | Dec 26, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
Growing roses in Florida – especially steamy South Florida – is a supreme challenge. The award-winning Knock Out is a remarkable advance in rose breeding, a shrub rose that flowers with beautiful roses on and off all year but requiring no special...
by hoot-admin | Dec 25, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
White Green Leaf Begonias have pure white blooms on green foliage. Begonias flower throughout the summer up to the first frost (ha, ha!). Few other annuals can beat begonias for hardiness and continuous flowering throughout the summer. Source: Parks Wholesale Plants...
by hoot-admin | Dec 23, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
The African daisy, with lovely daisy-like flowers, originates from South Africa. Also known as the Cape Daisy, these flowers are members of the Aster family. African daisy blooms repeatedly May through Fall, although flowering diminishes and can come to a complete...
by hoot-admin | Dec 22, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
A strong vining habit that provides quick cover and beautiful, showy masses of bronze-orange flowers. Use for a lush tropical effect on arbors, trellises, and spilling over fences. Location: Oriole Drive
by hoot-admin | Dec 21, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
Floridians who have always dreamed of a white Christmas, are starting to get their wish. Over the last few years, you may have noticed an increased number of snow dusted lots, roadsides, lawns, and pastures throughout our area, despite temperatures in the 80s. From a...
by hoot-admin | Dec 19, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
Just in time for the holidays, Christmas Cacti are all abloom. Why? Light and temperature. Christmas cacti produce flowers in the cool, short days around Christmas. For Christmas Cactus to bloom, there needs to be at least eight days of 16 hours of dark and eight...
by hoot-admin | Dec 18, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
In much of the world, lilac tasselflower is used to treat all kinds of medical conditions and it’s a source of food to boot. Here in Florida, it’s just another weed. The flowers are followed by rounded seed heads with white, silky-haired, wind-borne seeds....
by hoot-admin | Dec 17, 2017 | The Year in Flowers
Bitter melon’s solitary yellow flower produces an egg shaped, ribbed fruit with a bumpy surface. The fruit is only 3-4 inches long, stinky, golden yellow to bright orange, splitting open when mature to reveal bright red arils which contain seeds. Source:...
