Not so long ago, people wanted to get rid of rocks in their yards. Now they often request them as part of the trend toward more natural-looking gardens.
Q: I found more than a dozen tiny insects in my lysiloma tree. They are about half the size of my fingernail and have a pale green body. Then I used a magnifying lens and saw three tall spikes sticking up vertically from their body.
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This column by former Miami Herald writer Georgia Tasker has run in earlier editions. Name: Lotus. Botanica...
Name: Magenta bleeding heart. Botanical name: Clerodendrum thomsoniae `Delectum'. Description: A vivid and ...
Name: Caladium Botanical name: Caladium picturatum Description: A South American plant that resides in Vene...
Botanical name: Dendrobium superbum. Description: This is an exceptionally fine plant that George Cosgrove ...
Name: Bougainvillea Botanical name: Bougainvillea cultivars Description: Of the many cultivars of bougainvi...
Q: We planted a poinciana seven years ago but it still hasn't bloomed. A: Royal poinciana trees planted fro...
Q: My bird-of-paradise has brown edges on the leaves and the tips are brown. Fertilizers don't seem to help...
Q: I am concerned about the health of my pygmy date palm. It is about 20 years old and about 10 feet tall. ...
Q: My yard is sodded with old St. Augustine grass and every year during the cool months it develops some br...
Q: My gumbo limbo recently came under attack by scale and black mold. I also noticed that nearly all the gu...
This column by former Miami Herald writer Georgia Tasker has run in earlier editions. Name: Crape myrtle Bo...
EVENTS Bamboo Art Installation: Brad Hallock's bamboo art, composed of 18 pieces of Guadua bamboo from Colo...
Fertilize: Fertilize all plantings this month. Milorganite is good for summer lawns. Palm fertilizer is goo...
Bamboo Art Installation: Brad Hallock's bamboo artwork, composed of 18 big pieces of Guadua bamboo from Col...
American Orchid Society Visitors Center & Botanical Garden: 16700 AOS Ln., Delray Beach. General admission:...
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