According to the UF/IFAS, one invasive plant in Florida could be mistaken for a tasty, starchy treat: Dioscorea bulbifera, ...

Driving around the county, I routinely spot invasive exotic plants like Brazilian Pepper (the poster child of invasive exotic plants in Florida), Schefflera, Castor bean, Asparagus densiflorus ...

Tropical plants in Florida, including the breadfruit tree and dracaena fragrans may be creeping north as winters warm.

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida about the California poppy, magnolia, crape myrtle, kalanchoe, seed ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Andre A. Naranjo is Botanical Curator at Florida ...

Winter is coming, and who knows how cold it will get. If we experience a freeze with temperatures down to at least 32°F, here is information on protecting your plants. When a freeze is forecasted, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida has its reputation of being a tropical paradise, but every few years a frost or freeze settles in, putting our tropical plants and other sensitive vegetation in harm’s ...

Something important for a Florida facing a hotter future was sent into space this week with NASA astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket: Seeds. The hope is that when they return to Earth, they will produce ...

It got cold in Florida this week. On Wednesday, some parts were colder than it was in Anchorage, Alaska. And inland freeze and frost are expected Saturday and Sunday nights in some locations. How are ...

Modern scrub mints, delicate flowering plants that grow mostly in Florida, likely result from ancient hybridization, according to a recent study I published with colleagues. Scrub mints are a clade – ...