Gardening in Central Florida

[an update] : The Тurnip Тoppers were up nearly the next day and have already been moved to pots. It's Thursday (so a few days after sow...

I'm planning to use these cowpeas as a cover crop around my new dwarf citrus and fig trees. Our family LOVES field peas, mixed in with g...

A quick note on a late Monday morning: I work late tonight, so I stayed home to clean up a bit and do some things in the garden. It's a ...

The carrots seeds the kids and I planted last week have finally germinated, as have the cucumbers, arugula, and mixed "mesclun." M...

My criteria are simple: Under 400 chill hours and readily available at either Just Fruits and Exotics or Johnson's Nursery, two reliable...

Looking on Johnson Nursery's website, I put together this fantasy list of fruit trees for my backyard orchard... I will probably place t...

Adelaide: "This Dutch hybrid is used exclusively for producing those baby carrots that are so attractive and command such a premium pr...

I wouldn't trade my Zephyr Lilies ( Zephyranthes candida ) for any stinkin' Daffodil in the world. When and why these bloom is alwa...

T he aptly nam ed 'Prosperity', a hybrid-musk climbing rose. I've had it growing in my garden for probably three years—the main ...

I'm a flower gardener: The bigger and brighter the bloom, the better. (People who murmur demurely about growing foliage and appreciating...

I've decided to branch out into some select veggies, mostly for container growing in the cool season: Pinetree Garden Seeds:...

It was supposed to be much cooler today than it turned out to be. Despite the near-90° temperatures and humidity, I forged ahead and plan...

SUNFLOWER SONJA VINCA PARK 'S MOONLIGHT MIX ZINNIA RUFFLES CHERRY ZINNIA RUFFLES ZINNIA DASHER MIX SNAPDRAGON LABELLA HYBRID MIX ...

After a very dry wet season, we started the dry season about a month early... This earliness is a good thing for the garden, since it's ...

I bought this lovely pink rose thinking it was a 'Blush Noisettte,' a cultivar created by a nurseryman in South Carolina in the nine...

A nother weekend day spent at Leu Gardens. My apiphilia at work. 

Freesia Single Mix Amaryllis White Christmas Oxalis Grand Duchess Veriscolor Ranunculus Flower Fields Collection Those Amaryllis were only ...

I spent yesterday, along with my son, visiting a couple of excellent nurseries in the area. The day started with Biosphere Nursery , an exc...

Plants For Texas® Texas Born, Texas Tested For Texas Gardens™ The plants offered on the Plants for Texas site are in almost all cases also a...

Add the $20 hole to my long list of "conventional garden wisdom" that needs to be debunked. You'll often hear about the import...