University of Florida/IFAS Charlotte County Extension

The peanut is a great plant that feeds the world and produces many useful products.  Without a doubt, peanuts are a favorite locally and...

Groundcovers are always in demand as we attempt to cover certain landscape space with something other than turfgrass.  Groundcovers redu...

Did the pineapple originate in Hawaii?  No, actually the pineapple, which is a type of bromeliad like Spanish moss, originated in the tr...

The broadleaf perennial weed known as dollarweed is a taxing problem for many local lawns.  How do we deal with one of the most recogniz...

I saw a wonderful mass planting of dwarf snapdragons at a commercial site in Port Charlotte the other day that really caught my eye and ...

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While many landscape plants have one or more common names that people recognize, the pittosporum is most often called just “pittosporum”...