Ball moss is a common epiphyte & is typical of what most people imagine when they think "air plant." It attaches itself to a t...

Smooth alder or hazel alder ( Alnus serrulata ) Photos by Georgia Native Plant Society Hazel alder or smooth alder ( Alnus serrulata ) is b...

Florida betony develops ridged tubers that look sorta like a rattlesnake tail and are edible. Florida betony ( Stachys floridana ) is an ag...

The roselle was almost as tall as the house. This year's roselle ( Sabdariffa gossypiifolia formerly  Hibiscus sabdariffa ) crop was a...

The coral honeysuckle flowers are attractive to us and to pollinaors, especially hummingbirds. Coral honeysuckle, an easy-to-grow native for...

An oak branch in the white oak group Oaks Most oaks ( Quercus  spp.) are hardwood trees and have been used by people over the ages for bui...

The beautiful sweetbay magnolia flower is pollinated by beetles. The sweetbay magnolia ( Magnolia virginiana ) is lovely, mostly evergreen m...

The iconic tall or common morning glory ( I. purpurea ) is a garden favorite around the world. Iconic garden morning glories When most peo...

A cabbage palm tree ( Sabal palmetto ) silhouetted by a sunrise on the St. Johns River. Palms decorate tropical and subtropical regions of t...

While the sharp, hard spikes  on the seeds hurt our feet and embed themselves in the lawnmower tires, this is their method of dispersal.  Sa...

A muscadine grape ( Vitis rotundifolia 'Alachua') Credit: Ali Sarkhosh, UF/IFAS Florida's grapes There are six species of gra...

It planted itself in a location that's too close to  the sidewalk, but I'll leave it there since they don't transplant well. ...

Carrots are native to Europe and parts of Asia and Africa, but now have escaped around the world and those wild carrots are known as Queen A...

A small fly-like bee was pollinating this flower. Bluejacket or Ohio spiderwort ( Tradescantia ohiensis ) is native to most of Eastern Nort...

Goldenrods do Not cause allergies The insect-pollinated goldenrods ( Solidago spp.) with their beautiful flowers have erroneously been blam...

Consumers are presented with this array of mostly nonnative plants in full bloom to plant so their yards can decorated with plants at peak b...

Starry rosinweed is a star in your garden not only for its beauty and long blooming cycle, but also because of the wide variety of pollinato...

I've covered this topic on my cruise ship presentations  on coffee. A bit of plant science for this post... Caffeine is the most widely...

A scarlet rosemallow ( Muenchhusia coccineus ):  a Florida native There are 432 Hibiscus species that are found worldwide, and with their b...

Netted chain fern: sterile fronds. The netted chain fern ( Woodwardia areolata ) is native to eastern North America including most of Flor...