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Oh really?! A Lily?!

Years ago, I rented a house in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and dabbled with a garden even though the sprinkler… [more]

Why It’s So Hard to Get a Date in South Florida

It seems that the flashiest and most luxurious landscapes in South Florida include at least one Date… [more]

Monarch Chrysalis- Finding Gold In Your Garden!

There are treasures all around us but most of us never even notice them. I struck gold a few weeks ago… [more]

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Why It’s So Hard to Get a Date in South Florida

It seems that the flashiest and most luxurious landscapes in South Florida include at least one Date Palm. There are several varieties and hybrids such as the Roebelenii (Pigmy Date Palm), the clumping Senegal (Reclinata), and the most massive and stately Canary Island date Palm which is the one that looks like a pineapple and often has ferns growing in the "nut" just below the base of the fronds. … [Read More...]

Monarch Chrysalis- Finding Gold In Your Garden!

There are treasures all around us but most of us never even notice them. I struck gold a few weeks ago when I stumbled upon a Monarch Chrysalis in my Rangoon Creeper vine. The pale jade green color of the chrysalis blended in with the leaves of the vine but the shiny gold band and spots immediately caught my eye and left me breathless for a moment. I always wondered how they made this … [Read More...]

Boca Raton Green Market- For Your Garden and Your Fridge!

Every Saturday, from around early October through early May, a parking lot in Boca Raton is transformed into a bustling farmers market filled with produce and so much more! The Boca Raton Green Market has been open since 1996 (15 years!) and has become a local gathering place for people to bring their dogs, soak up some sunshine, relax with a cup of coffee, wander around listening to live music … [Read More...]

Murmuration in South Florida: Beauty in Motion

The sky is its own ever changing landscape. If you're lucky, you just might catch the red light at Sample Road and Federal Highway in Pompano Beach around 6:00pm to witness the murmuration consisting of possibly thousands of Starlings who gather there each night. Technically, the word "murmuration" simply refers to any flock of Starlings just as the word "murder" refers to a flock of Crows. … [Read More...]

South Florida Year-Round Halloween Decorations

While working in Boca Raton today, we noticed a tree full of Golden Silk Orb Weavers. I have also seen many of them in Hugh Taylor Birch State Park in Ft. Lauderdale. With body lengths up to two inches, not including legspan, they can appear very ominous as they dangle in the trees. They are often incorrectly referred to as Banana Spiders but their real name is Golden Silk referring to … [Read More...]

Vanilla Orchids for South Florida

Vanilla beans originate from a vining type of orchid and are one of the most flavorful and sought after commodities in today's world spice market. The Totonac people of Mexico were the first to cultivate the pods and created a mythology that the orchid came into existence when a princess fled to the forest with her forbidden mortal lover. Upon capture, they were both beheaded and the plant … [Read More...]

An Easy Way to Add Passion to Your Garden

I've seen Passion defined as a "strong and barely controllable emotion" and also as a "state of outburst of such emotion". Passion Flower Vines seem to encompass both concepts with their curious varied flowers, fragrance and tenacity as a vine. A few varieties take it a step further and even produce edible fruit! As a child, I remember first seeing the flowers in advertisements that … [Read More...]