I love palms. When I purchased my home, the first trees I planted were two Jacarandas and three Queen Palms. Nothing says “hello tropical” better …
The Best Palms in My Central Florida Garden
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Collecting and planting moonflower seeds
It’s the middle of November and the moonflowers have died back. It’s time to clean up the remnants and collect the seeds from the pods. …
Finishing projects… hollies, cypress trees, & juniper screen.
Also, a sneak peek at the cedar and copper trellis Joe and I created (but still have to complete)! I transplanted three of the soft …
Laying landscape fabric & mulching the Oakleaf hollies
Today, I finished off a big section of the “Taming the Jungle” project. I purchased 40 x 6 feet stretch of professional landscape fabric. I …
Hang a tillandsia xerographica and a staghorn fern from a tree
A girlfriend gifted me a staghorn fern a couple of years ago. I hung it on an oak using wire. Since then, it’s had a …
Mail Order Bromeliads Rock!
Well, the bro bug has bitten me. I think it’s been brewing for a while… probably since I saw a living wall video and another …
Sowing flower seeds
Where I live, north of Tampa, Florida, is agricultural zone 9b. This means, the lowest temperatures are 25°F to 20°F. The past couple of years, …
Dividing bromeliads
Attending the USF Bromeliad Bash has inspired me to create better bromeliad displays. The first step is to divide a couple of the existing species …
USF’s Bromeliad Bash
I have been looking for a huge bromeliad ever since I decided not to purchase an $80 bromeliad that was ginormous from a local nursery …
Should you purchase cuttings and plants from etsy or ebay?
I am part of a central Florida gardening group on facebook. One woman from Lutz, just south of me but also in zone 9B, had …