The purple flower spikes will attract numerous bees to the garden. It grows 2 to 3 feet in height and roots easily from cuttings. Salvia: There are hundreds of different species of salvia.

The bat-faced cuphea is a fine little shrub for Central Florida. ... The species makes an excellent low-maintenance foundation plant, butterfly garden member and mixed-shrubbery border component.

Plant declining Easter and Asiatic lilies in the sunny garden. 53. Feed lilies and other aquatic plants in home water gardens. 54. Trim formal hedges after they produce 4 to 6 inches of new growth ...

Florida is home to more than 180 species of butterflies, which is the highest of any state east of the Mississippi River. And 40 of these species are unique to Florida. Butterflies are important to… ...

Popular Florida garden plant revives near-extinct butterfly population The Atala butterfly, thought near-extinct for decades, has returned to the Floridian mainland ...

Fairgreen Garden Club to meet The Fairgreen Garden Club will meet 11 a.m. Thursday, April 4, at Smryna Yacht Club, 2015 Riverside Drive, New Smryna Beach. City Commissioner, Jason Mc Gurick will … ...

The garden was planted Saturday and includes 50 Florida native plants that will attract butterflies and pollinators. ... NEWS. YMCA, Florida Museum team up on butterfly garden. Cindy Swirko.

Volusia County’s master gardeners will share gardening tips and answer questions during plant clinics in April. Residents can bring their plants for a free check-up. • 10 to 11 a.m. Monday ...

May in the Garden for Central Florida Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin shares his ... black-eyed-Susan, blue daze, bromeliads, browallia, bush daisy, butterfly weed, cat’s whiskers, celosia ...