By Karen Maxwell, Horticulture Programs Coordinator and Horticulture Specialist With the summer heat, most Floridians are looking forward to the arrival of fall. It is this time of year that we c...
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By Lisa Wilson, Marketing and PR Director As the temperature heats up, more and more butterflies show up in gardens across Southwest Florida. May is a great time of year to create a butterfly gar...
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By Karen M. Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist & Horticulture Programs Coordinator The Hong Kong Orchid tree is among many people’s favorite winter blooming trees here in Southwest Florida, and ...
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By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist Did you know that Thomas Edison kept a “Best in My Index” list of plants during his rubber research? In January of 1929, he noted: Rudbeckia lacinia...
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By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist For most of her life, Mina Miller Edison may have enjoyed her July 6 birthdays on the shores of Lake Chautauqua in western New York, in one of the first...
By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist In June, nature opens her jewel box in Southwest Florida. Among the extraordinary collection of flowering shrubs, orchids and perennials, the flowering ...
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By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist Old-time television aficionados may remember the tagline “Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.” To this day, I really don’t know to whom Jim...
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By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist A popular component of holiday décor, the sight of an amaryllis bulb in full bloom is always glorious to behold. The bulb, actually a food storage com...
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By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist Upon introduction to the New World, oranges became an important symbol of Christmas greetings and the tradition of citrus for the holidays is still larg...
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By Karen Maxwell, Horticultural Specialist My grandparents were gardeners of necessity. This occurs to me as I have spent nearly every day of the last few weeks putting the final touches on the w...
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