Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens
Healthy Gardens. Healthy Planet
What to plant? We have a sizeable bed of soil and want to get a crop in before the season slips by. But what should I plant in our sidewalk veggie bed? I don’t usually get too involved with shoulds in my garden but there are some mindsets that are starting to rule me. Native [...]
One more time, I think to myself, one last walk to see some blooming flowers before the year stretches inevitably to its conclusion and color vanishes from the fields until spring. It is late in November, but I know where some asters, a group well-known for their persistence, are likely to still be in flower. [...]
It’s true, wasps are wonderful. They are pollinators, predators and beneficial insects performing very important biological control – keeping insect populations in balance. Their life cycles, feeding and hunting techniques are absolutely fascinating. Most are solitary nesting and contrary to popular belief, the majority of wasps in our landscapes don’t sting humans! Many wasps love [...]
Peppervine (Ampelopsis arborea) is a fast growing, deciduous perennial with use as a ground cover or it can be trained to cover a trellis or fence. I purchased my first peppervine at a local native plant nursery here in Central Florida. I was looking for something tolerant of moist (sometimes too moist, as in temporarily [...]
