Lee County Extension
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Administration
    Annual Report 2011-12

Annuals
    Annual-Flowers-Bedding Plants
        Periwinkle, Vinca (Catharanthus Roseus)
        Vinca (Catharanthus Roseus)
    Gardening with Annuals in Florida

Ants
    Ants
   Carpenter Ants
   Crazy Ants
   Imported Fire Ants on Lawns and Turf   

Aquatic Plants
    Aquatic Plants - Planting Depths for Aquatic Plants
    Herbicide Efficacy
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Botany
    Botany Handbook for Florida

BMPs
    BMP Green Industry Manual
    Golf BMP 

Butterflies
    American Painted Lady
    Atala (Coontie Hairstreak, Eumaeus atala)
    Butterflies and Moths in North America
    Eastern Comma
    Florida Butterflies Sheet 1
    Florida Butterflies Sheet 2
    Hackberry Emperor
    Red-Spotted Purple Limenitis
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     Charlotte County Fertilizer Ordinance

      Crinum Lily (Crinum asiaticum)

Citrus
    Alternaria & Citrus Scab
    Citrus Canker (Pest Management Guide)
    Citrus Canker page - State of Florida
    Citrus Culture in the Home Landscape (pdf 48 kb)
    Citrus Greening of Dooryard Citrus
    Citrus Greening More
    Citrus Greening Scouting
    Citrus Greening Synopsis
    Citrus Problems in the Home Landscape (pdf 3.1 Mb)
    Common Citrus Pests
    Jaboticaba
    Mature Tree Care   
    Pollenizers
    Pruning Citrus Trees
    Pruning Dooryard Trees
    Sooty Mold and Rust Mites Distinctions
    'Tahiti' Lime Pest Management
    Young Tree Care

Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera) - Recovery after Hurricane Charley

Cold Protection and Recovery
    Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants
    Damage to Turfgrass
    Irrigation Cold Protection for Citrus
    Treating Cold Damaged Palms
    Weather Effect on five Ornamental Trees

Contractors
    Environmental Contractors

Contracts/Spec./Guidelines
    Considerations for Maintenance Contract
    HOA Contract Guidelines
   
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Diseases
    Anthracnose
    Eugenia, Ligustrum, Oleander Diseases
    Impatiens and Downy Mildew
    Impatiens and Downy Mildew 2
    Indian Hawthorn Diseases
    Key Plants/Key Pests
    Ornamental Plant Diseases South Florida
    Senna/Cassia Rust
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E

Economic Impacts
    Economic Impacts for All Counties

Exam Study Material & Information
    Limited Certification Reference Material

Extension
    What is Extension Horticulture?
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Fertilizers
    Coron:  14-2-14
    Lee County Fertilizer Survey
    Nitamin-NFusion:  22-0-0
    Nitrate Leaching and Turf Quality

Forms for Exam
    Bureau of Ent./Pest Control Forms
    Limited Lawn & Ornamental
    Limited Commercial Landscape

Forms for Lab. Analysis
    Form Compendium:
        All Plant/Soil Testing Submission Forms
        Nematode Assay Form

    Commercial Sod Producer Tests:
        Bahia Producers Soil/Tissue Tests
        Commercial Sod Producers

    Commercial Soil Tests:
        Athletic Fields/Golf Greens/Tees
        Citrus Producers
        Nurseries Growing Woodies
        Phosphorus Capacity Index
        Vegetable and Agronomic Crop Producers

    Container Media Test

    Insect Submission Form

    Landscaper and Gardener Soil Tests:
        Bahiagrass Lawns
        Citrus
        St. Augustinegrass Lawns
        Woody Ornamentals/Trees
        Vegetable Gardens

    Lee County Applications:
        Exotic Removal

   Plant Disease Tissue Test

   Water Tests

Florida-Friendly Landscaping
    Adopting a Florida-Friendly Landscape
    FYN Yard Recognition Check List
    Plants and Designs for South Florida
    Questions and Answers on Legislation

Forms for Exams
    Bureau of Ent./Pest Control Forms

Fungi
    Guava Rust, Puccinia psidii (Homeowner) (pdf) (Impatica)
    Guava Rust, Puccinia psidii (Commercial) (pdf) (Impatica)
    Slime Mold, Fuligo septica (pdf) (Impatica)
    Plant Disease Lab Reports:  July-Sep 2010    
    Plant Disease Lab Reports:  April - June 2010
    Plant Disease Lab Reports:  Jan - Mar 2010
     Plant Disease Lab Reports:  Oct - Dec 2009
    Plant Disease Lab Reports:  June - Sep 2009

    Rusts on Ornamentals
    Stinkhorn:  Clathrus sp.

Fungicides
    Fungicide Survey for Lee County
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Gardening
    Garden Calendar

Grasses
    Pampas Grass (Cortaderia Selloana)

Groundcovers
    Flax Lily, Dianella tasmanica 'Variegata,' and Armored Scales (pdf) (Impatica)
    Perennial Peanut in the Urban Landscape
    Walkable Groundcovers
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Hedges and Screens
    Hedges and Screens

Herbicides
    Herbicide Survey for Lee County

Herbs
    African Iris (Dietes Vegeta)
    Torch Ginger (Etilngera Elatior)
    Peacock Plant (Calathea Makoyan)
    Siam Tulip (Curcuma Alismatifolia)
    Spider Plant (Chlorophytum Capense)

Hurricanes
    Caring for Hurricane-Damaged Home Landscape Plants
    Norfolk Island Hurricane Recovery
    Salvaging Hurricane-Damaged Tropical Fruit Trees
    Wind and Trees: Survey of Tree Damages in the
      Florida Panhandle after Hurricanes Erin and Opal
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Insects
    A Gallery of Florida Insects
    Asian Citrus Psyllid
    Bagworms on Palms
    Banana Moth
    Bark Psocid
    Black Thread Scale
    Braconid Wasps
    Brown Recluse Spider (pdf) (ppt) (Impatica)
    Cactus Moth
    Chili Thrips
    Citrus Leafminer
    Coconut Mealybug
    Collecting Insects, Mites, Spiders for ID
    Croton Scale (pdf) (Impatica)
    Cycad Scale
    Cypress Webworms
    Diaprepes Root Weevil
    Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
    Erythrina Gall Wasp (pdf) (Impatica)
    Ficus Thrips
    Ficus Whitefly
    Fig Wax Scale
    Flower Beetle
    Fuller Rose Beetle
    Garden Snails
    Geiger Beetle
    Giant Palm Weevil
    Golden Rain Tree Bug
    Hibiscus Midge
    Insect Galls
    Key Plants/Key Pests
    Lobate Lac Scale
    Lobate Lac Scale II
    May-June Beetle
    Mediterranean Fruit Fly in Lee County
    Mites on 3 Landscape Plants
    Oak Galls
    Oil Soap Spray
    Oleander Caterpillar   
    Pink Hibiscus Mealybug
    Pink Hibiscus Mealybug II
    Redbay Ambrosia Beetle
    Red Date Scales
    Red Palm Mite
    Red Palm Mite 2
    St. Augustinegrass Bugs
    Scale Insects and Mealybugs
    Scale on Glaucous Cassia
    Scale (Tachardiella mexicana) on Wild Tamarind
    Slash Pine Scales (pdf) (Impatica)
    Sooty Mold - Causes and Control
    Spiraling Whitefly
    Sri Lanka Weevil
    Stinging and Venomous Caterpillars
    Sri Lanka Weevil:  Pest Alert
    Tabebuia Thrips
    Tabebuia Thrips II
    Weep Fig Thrips
    Weevil in Sansevieria/Snake Plant
    Whitefly (Acacia) & Sooty Mold (You Tube)
    Whiteflies Management
    Whiteflies on Cocoplum
    Whitefly (Acacia) & Sooty Mold (You Tube)
    Whitefly (Rugose Spiraling)
    Yellow-Banded Millipede

Insecticides
    Bayer Advanced Fruit, Citrus & Veg.
    Insecticides and Acaricides List
    Mode of Action Classification
    Tree Injection FDACS Memorandum

Irrigation
    Cape Coral (City) Irrigation Schedule
     FAQ on Landscape Irrigation
    Irrigation in Dry May
     Reclaimed Water:  What's in it, Where does it go?
    Reclaimed Water:  Constituents of Concern
    Reclaimed Water:  Frequently Asked Questions
    Soft and Squishy Lawns 
    Water Restriction Schedules:  Residential
    Water Restriction Schedules:  Residential (In Spanish)
    Waterwise Florida Landscapes
    Water Test and Interpretation

Invasive Plants
    Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)
    Brazilian Pepper-tree Control
    Control of Hard to Manage Weeds
    Environmental Contractors
    Got Invasive?  Get Help!
    Herbicide Control of Woody Plants
    Herbicides to Kill Invasive Trees in the Landscape
    Invasive Solanum spp. in Florida
    Japanese Climbing Fern
    Non-Native Invasive Plants
    Prohibited Plants of Lee County
     Two-Leaf Nightshade (Solanum diphyllum)
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Lawns/Turfs
    Anthracnose
    BMP for Home Lawns
    Bugs in St. Augustinegrass
    'Captiva' St. Augustinegrass
    Cercospora Leaf Spot
    Disease Identification
    Drought
    Environmental Stresses and Your Florida Lawn
    Establishing Your Lawn
    Fairy Ring
    FAQ for Turf & Landscape
    Fertilization
    Fertilization and Irrigation
    Gray Leaf Spot
    Helminthosporium Leaf Spot
    Insects
    Irrigation in Dry May
    New and Not So New Lawn Grasses
    Nitrate Leaching in 'Floratam' & 'Zoysiagrass'
    Nitrate Leaching and Turf Quality
    Preparing to Plant a Florida Lawn
    Preventive Treatments for St. Augustinegrass
    Pythium Root Rot
    Rust
    Soft and Squishy Lawns 
    Soil Testing and Interpretation
    Thatch and Its Control
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Mites
    Mites on 3 Landscape Plants

Mulches
    Mulch Comparisons
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    Naples Fertilizer Ordinance

Native Plants of South Florida
    Library of Native Plants: Fact Sheets & Video Links

    Beach Sunflower (Helianthus Debilis)
    Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
    Blackroot (Pterocaulon pycnostachyum)
    Blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
    Buccaneer Palm (Pseudophoenix sargentii)
    Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
    Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus)
    Cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto)
    Cabbage palm pictorial
    Camphor Daisy (Rayjacksonia phyllocephala)
    Cinnamon Bark Tree (Canella winterana)
    Cocoplum (Chrysolalanus icaco)
    Coontie (Zamia floridana)
    Coonties and Atala Butterflies
    Coral Bean, Cherokee Bean (Erythrina Herbacea)
    Cutleaf Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata)
    Differences between Laurel and
       Live Oaks (pdf)
    Florida Thatch Palm (Thrinax radiata)
    Gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella)
    Geiger Tree (Cordia sebestena)
    Giant Leather Fern (Acrostichum danaeifolum)
    Golden Creeper (Ernodea littoralis)
    Gumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba)
    Inkberry (Scaevola plumieri)
    Jamaican Caper (Capparis cynophallophora)
    Lacy Bracken Fern (Pteridum aquilimum
    var.candatum)
    Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni)   
    Mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa)
    Native Plant Nurseries - Local
    Native Wetland Species:  Lee County
    Necklace pod (Sophora tomentosa)
    Nickerbean (Caesalpinia bonduc)
    Railroad Vine (EDIS Publication)
    Railroad vine (Ipomoea pes-caprae)
    Railroad Vine Measurement (You Tube)
    Saltbush (Baccharis halimifolia)
    Seagrape (Coccoloba uvifera)
    Sea Lavender (Argusia gnaphalodes)
    Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata)
    Seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens)
    Simpson's Stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans)
    Small Trees For South Florida
    South Florida Native Plants
    Southern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola)
    Spanish Bayonet (Yucca aloifolia)
    Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea)
    Swamp Fern (Blechnum serrulatum)
    Tickseed (Coreopsis Leavenworthii)
    Tie Vine (Ipomoea cordatotriloa)
    Walter's Viburnum (Viburnum obovatum)
    Waxed Myrtle (Morella cerifera)
    Wild Coffee (Psychotria nervosa)
    Wild Tamarind (Lysiloma latisiliqua)
    Winged Sumac (Rhus copallinum)
    Yellowtop (Flaveria linearis)

Native Plant Resources
    Guide for Real Florida Gardeners
    Native Plant & Service Directory

Nematodes
    Gold Mound Duranta and Nematodes
    Managing Nematodes

Newsletters
    Chemically Speaking

Norfolk Pine

Nutrient Deficiencies
    Identifying Nutrient Deficiencies

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Ordinance
    BMP Green Industry Manual
    Bonita Springs Fertilizer Ordinance
    Cape Coral Fertilizer Ordinance
    Commissioners' Letter
    Comparison of Local Fertilizer Ordinances       
    Charlotte County Fertilizer Ordinance
    EPA Water Quality Criteria for Florida
    Fertilize Smart (English Brochure)
    Fertilize Smart (Spanish Brochure)
    Fertilizer Ordinance Summary
    Fort Myers Fertilizer Ordinance
    Fort Myers Beach Fertilizer Ordinance
    Guides for Landscape Ordinances, Covenants,
       and Restrictions
    Lee County Fertilizer Ordinance
    Lee County's Gov. Landscape and Fertilizer BMP
    Naples Fertilizer Ordinance
    Sanibel Fertilizer Ordinance
    Sarasota County Fertilizer Ordinance
    SB494 Fertilizer/Water Conservation
    SB2080 Florida-Friendly Landscaping
    Unintended Consequences of Urban Fertilizer Ordinances
    Urban Turf Fertilizers Labeling Requirements
    Urban Turf Fertilizer Rule

    Protective Species
        Protected Species List for Lee County
   
Orchids
    Orchid Cactus (Epiphyllum Hybrid 'Epicacti')
    Eulophia graminea
    Monk Orchid (Oeceoclades maculata)

Ornamental Plants
    Agave and Yucca
    Indian Hawthorn Diseases


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Palms
    Bismarck Palm (Bismarckia nobilis)
    Bud Rots of Palms
    Boron Deficiency
    Cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto)
    Cabbage palm pictorial
    Cold Damage to Palms
    Cold Damage to Palms 2
    Cold Damaged Coconuts Pictorial
    Cold Damaged Xmas Palms
    Fertilization of Palms
    Florida Native Palms (pdf)
    Fusarium Decline of Queen Palms & Mexican Fan Palms
    Fusarium Decline of Queen Palm Pictorial
    Fusarium Decline Photos
    Fusarium en Palma Reina
    Ganoderma Butt Rot
    Ganoderma Butt Rot II
    Hurricane Damaged Palms
    Hurricane Tolerance of Palms
    Iron Deficiency in Palms
    Lethal Yellowing
    Lethal Yellowing of Cabbage, Phoenix and
      Queen Palms
    Lethal Yellowing Trunk Sampling
    Lightning Strikes on Coconut Palms
    Magnesium Deficiency in Palms
    Manganese Deficiency in Palms
    Nutrition and Fertilization of Landscape Palms
    Nutrition and Fertilization of Palms
    Palm Bagworms
    Palm Injectors
    Palmetto Weevils Attack Bismarck Palm
    Palmetto Weevil:  Featured Creatures
    Palms (Selection, Problems, Solutions)
    Palms in the Wrong Places
    Perennial Peanut 'Needlepoint' (pdf) (Impatica)
    Phytoplasma Disease of Sabal palmetto
    Potassium Deficiency in Palms
    Pruning:  Proper Palm Pruning Practices
    Pruning Palms
    Red Date Scales
    Red Palm Mite Information Handbook
    Roots Initials of Some Palms
    Royal Palms (Roystonea regia) - Recovery after Hurricane Charley
    Texas Phoenix Palm Decline
    Thielaviopsis Trunk Rot
    Treating Cold-Damaged Palms
    Transplanting Palms
    Transplanting Sabal Palms - Step-by-Step Instructions
    Virtual Palm Encyclopedia

Pesticide Licensing
    Exam, Companies & Applicator Search
    Pesticide License Information, CEUs, Study Guides, etc.
    Pesticide Licensing Requirements for the
      Landscape Maintenance Industry

Plant Nutrition
    Soil Survey of pH, P, K and Mg

Plants
    Carrion Flower (Stapelia gigantean)
    Crinum asiaticum - Crinum Lily
    Gold Mound Duranta and Nematodes
    Hedges & Screens
    Mites on 3 Landscape Plants
    Queen's Wreath (Peterea volubilis)
    Sansevieria (Sansevieria hyacinthoides)
    Two-Leaf Nightshade (Solanum diphyllum)

Plants of the Year
    New Plant Introductions - TPIE 2003
    Plants of the Year - FNGLA List
    Plants of the Year 2008




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Roses
    Black Spot of Rose
    Cercospora Leaf Spot of Rose
    Growing Roses in Florida
    Pests of Roses in Florida
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Salt Tolerance
    Salt Tolerant Plants for Florida
    Salt Tolerance of Fruiting Plants

Sanibel Fertilizer Ordinance
Sarasota County Fertilizer Ordinance

Shrubs
    516 Shrub Fact Sheets
    Angel Trumpet, Angel Star (Brugmansia Suaveolens)
    Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia Millii)
    Establishing Shrubs
    Euphorbia Punicea (no common name)
    Heterophylla (Acalypha Wilkesiana 'Godseffiana')
    Hibiscus
    Mexican Heather, False Heather (Cuphea Hyssopifolia)
    Night Blooming Jasmine (Cestrum Nocturnum)
    Planting Shrubs
    Silverthorn (Elaeagnus Pungens)
    Thunbergia Gardenia (Gardenia Thunbergia)
    Torch ginger (Etlingera Elatior)
    Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Brunfelsia Grandiflora)
   
Slime Mold, Fuligo septica (pdf) (Impatica)

Soil Surveys
Charlotte County
Collier County
Lee County
Miami-Dade County
Soil Survey of pH, P, K and Mg


Snails
Giant African and S. American Snails
10 Snails, One Page
Tree Snails of Florida

Soils and Fertilizers
    Gardener's Guide to Landscape Fertilizers
    Gardener's Guide to Soil Drainage and Water Holding Capacity
    Gardener's Guide to Soil Fertility
    Gardener's Guide to Soil Organic Matter and Organic Amendments
    Soil Compaction
    Soil Mixtures
    Soil Profile and Soil Classification
    Soil Survey of pH, P, K and Mg
    Tackling Soil Salinity Problems in the Home Landscape

Spanish Publications
    Avispas Braconide
    Acaros Dano por Tres Plantas
    Enfermedades del Hawthorn India
    Fusarium en Palma Reina

Swamp fern:  Blechnum serrulatum  (pdf) (Impatica)

Survey
    Lee County Fertilizer Survey

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Flowering Trees
    Fact Sheets for Flowering Trees

    African Tulip Tree - Spathodea campanulata
    Bahamian Trumpet Tree - Tabebuia bahamensis
    Bridal Bouquet, Fiddle Leaf Plumeria - Plumeria pudica
    Calabash, Mexican Calabash - Crescentia alata
    Candlebush - Senna alata syn. cassia alata
    Cannonball Tree - Couroupita guianensis
    Christmas Senna, Golden Senna - Senna pendula
    Cinnamon-Bark Tree - Canella winterana
    Coral Bean, Cherokee Bean - Erythrina Herbacea
    Crapemyrtle Pruning
    Desert Rose - Adenium obesum
    Dwarf Poinciana - Caesalpinia pulcherrima
    Effects of Cold Weathering on Flowering Trees
    Four Forms of Plumeria rubra
    Frangipani, Pagoda Tree, Tinajerio - Plumeria rubra
    Giant Milkweed - Calotropis gigantea
    Gold Trumpet Tree - Tabebuia ochracea
    Golden Senna, Glaucous Cassia - Senna surattensisa
    Hong Kong Orchid Treet - Bauhinia x blakeana
    Jacaranda - Jacaranda Mimosifolia
    Jamaican Caper - Capparis cynophallophora
    Kapok, Silk-Cotton Treet - Ceiba pentandra
    Lignum Vitae - Guaiacum officinale
    Needle-Flower Tree - Posoqueria latifolia
    Orange Geiger Tree - Cordia sebestena
    Pink Trumpet Tree, Pink Poui - Tabebuia heterophylla
    Pioneer Jacaranda - Jacaranda copaia
    Plumeria Rust Disease
    Purple Trumpet Tree, Ipe - Tabebuia impetiginosa
    Red Silk-Cotton Tree - Bombax ceiba
    Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant Tree - Delonix regia
     Senna/Cassia Rust
    Silk-Floss Tree - Ceiba speciosa syn. Chorisia speciosa
    Starburst - Clerodendrum quadriloculare 
    Tree Bougainvillea - Bougainvillea species
    Trees of McGregor Boulevard
    Tropical Dogwood - Mussaenda philippica
    Weather Effect on five Ornamental Trees
    Wild Tamarind - Lysiloma latisiliquum
    White Frangipani - Plumeria alba - White Frangipani
    Yellow Poinciana - Peltophorum dubium

Fruit Trees
    Avocado Growing in the Florida Home Landscape 
    Avocado:  South Florida Tropicals
    Carambola Growing
    Carambola Pest Management
    Commercial Tropical Fruit Tree Acreage in Lee County
    Insect Management in Papayas
    Jaboticaba
    Longan from Florida
    Longan Growing
    Lychee from Florida
    Lychee Growing
    Mango Diseases
    Mango Growing
    Mango Pest Management
    Papaya Fruit Flies
    Papaya Growing
    Papaya Pest Management
    Papaya Diseases
    Salt Tolerance of Fruit Trees
    Tropical Fruit Crops Registered Pesticides

Trees
    Aerial Roots of Ficus Trees
    Australian almond (Terminalia muelleri)
    Differences between Laurel and
       Live Oaks (pdf)
    Four Forms of Plumeria rubra
    Hurricanes/Wind Damage and Recovery
    Mast Tree (Polyalthia longifolia)
    Norfolk Island Hurricane Recovery
    Oak Galls
    Peltophorums Differentiated (pdf)
    Planting Distances for
        Trees and Palms: FPL Recommendations
    'Shady Lady' Black Olive (Bucida buceras)
    Small Tree for South Florida
    Tropical Almond (Terminalia catappa)


 
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Vegetables
    Bell Pepper Disease Resistant Varieties
    Cucumber Disease Resistant Varieties
    Eggplant Disease Resistant Varieties
    Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
    Tomato Blossom Drop
    Tomato Diseases
    Tomato Disease Resistant Varieties
    Vegetable MD Online

Vines
    Tie Vine (Ipomoea cordatotriloa)

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Waterwise Landscapes    
    Water Restriction Schedules:  Residential
    Water Restriction Schedules:  Residential (In Spanish)
    Waterwise Florida Landscapes

Weeds
    Mexican Petuna
    Two-Leaf Nightshade (Solanum diphyllum)

What's Blooming?
    List of Fact Sheets, Power Points and Videos

    January
        Peach (Prunus persica)

    February
        Flame Vine (Pyrostegia venusta)
        Walter's Viburnum

    April
          Dinner Plate Tree (Pterospermum acerifolium)

    May
         Blood Lily (Scadoxus multiflorus)
         Tree Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea species)

    June
         Hedge Cactus (Cereus hildmannianus)

    September
        Glory-Bower (Clerodendrum bungei)

    October
        Tube Flower/Indiana Glory-Bower (Clerodendrum indicum)


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