Growing Beets for A Change of Taste Nichelle Demorest, Extension Agent My son, now in his mid-twenties, reached over and stole a tomato wedge from my plate just last week. I didn’t think anything of it until he said,

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Growing Caladiums in North Florida Nichelle Demorest, UF/IFAS Extension Agent If you are a caladium fanatic, you are probably aware that it’s about time to dig tubers and store them away for the winter months. We have

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Cool Annuals, Warm Annuals Nichelle Demorest, UF/IFAS Horticulture Agent We are so fortunate to be living in North Florida where we can grow colorful annuals nearly all year long. If you have flower beds, have you notic

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• Botany
• Plants
• Biology
• Annual plant
• Perennial plant
• Pansy
• Celosia
• Soil
• Annuals

Preparing the Spring Vegetable Bed Nichelle Demorest, Extension Agent If you’re thinking about growing a spring vegetable garden this year, why not take advantage of this wonderful weather and get your beds prepared?

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• Biology
• Organic gardening
• Natural environment
• Agriculture
• Organic farming
• Sustainable agriculture
• Sustainable food system
• Seedbed
• Gardener
• Gardening
• Soil
• Garden

Bromeliads in Florida Nichelle Demorest, UF/IFAS Horticulture Agent Some very interesting plants that are often overlooked in nature are bromeliads, members of the pineapple family. There are 16 species of bromeliads th

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• Poales
• Bromeliaceae
• Commelinids
• Epiphytes
• Spanish moss
• Tillandsia
• Catopsis berteroniana
• Tillandsioideae

The Incredible Edible Flower Nichelle Demorest, UF/IFAS Horticulture Agent Have you ever looked out over a colorful bed of gorgeous flowers and thought to yourself “Oh, they just look good enough to eat!”? Well, go

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• Botany
• Food and drink
• Flowers
• Medicinal plants
• Biology
• Plant morphology
• Plant reproductive system
• Plant sexuality
• Edible flower
• Squash blossom
• Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
• Blossom

Cleaning Up with Insecticidal Soaps Nichelle Demorest, UF/IFAS Extension Agent One of the most difficult aspects of gardening in such a mild climate is dealing with all of the insects. When some of these critters show u

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• Hexapoda
• Agricultural pest insects
• Insecticidal soap
• Sooty mold
• Whitefly
• Mealybug
• Soap
• Aphid
• Insecticide
• Insect
• Bacillus thuringiensis

Stressed Trees Due to Debby Flooding Nichelle Demorest, UF/IFAS Extension Drought is a term that means a lack of rain over an extended period of time. Water stress can have different effects on trees, depending on the t

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• Botany
• Biology
• Land management
• Ecology
• Forest ecology
• Plant life-form
• Plant morphology
• Plants
• Tree
• Soil
• Quercus shumardii
• Root

Daylily – The Perfect Perennial Nichelle Demorest, UF/IFAS Horticulture Agent Many people believe that the daylily is the perfect perennial flowering plant. Why? First of all, this flower survives with very little car

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• Hemerocallidoideae
• Botany
• Flowers
• Food and drink
• Plant taxonomy
• Daylily
• Lilium
• Hemerocallis citrina
• Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
• Siloam daylilies

Groundcovers for Shady Landscapes Nichelle Demorest, UF/IFAS Extension Agent As your landscape matures, so do your trees. The canopies fill out and the shade produced becomes heavier. If you are having difficulties with

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• Botany
• Real estate
• Biology
• Groundcover
• Plant morphology
• Plants
• Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
• Sod