University of Florida/IFAS Charlotte County Extension

We all need to look towards the future for personal improvement and goal setting.  The backyard gardener should be no different and the ...

Have you seen the colorful flowering succulents called kalanchoes in garden centers nestled amongst the poinsettias, Christmas cacti, an...

What seasonal plant better rings in the Holiday than the cuetlaxochitl!  For that matter, what is a cuetlaxochitl?  Would the name Euph...

Some fruits are either feast or famine and the star fruit is one of those wonders.  This fall, not only was our starfruit at the East Po...

The longan tree in our East Port Environmental Campus Demonstration Garden produced a good crop of fruit this year.  It is one of the fe...

“Oh no!” – was I all I could say as I noted the telltale brown fronds and slightly tilted, leaking canopy.  Our prized Bismarck palm was...

My roses always do really well during this time of year.  They are blooming nicely and seem to appreciate our present slightly cooler an...