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Seemingly, however, they grow well here, though Central Florida may be their southern limit. Cold hardy to temperatures in the low teens, olive trees thrive on poor, sandy sites in sun and should ...

Turns out these trees grow well here, though Central Florida might be their southern limit. They grow rapidly and flaunt white blossoms in mid-spring.

Often called starfruit trees because of the shape of their cut fruit, they grow 25 feet tall and produce two to four crops of fruit a year.

For Central Florida citrus growers, the way forward may not be citrus at all After more than a decade of greening disease devastation, Florida’s citrus farmers are considering alternative crops.

“We’re going to plant 700 avocado trees here in Central Florida, which is one of a kind,” said Mitchell McLellan, owner of McLellan Farm. The commercial production of avocados has never been ...

Now, scientists are finding trees infected with the fungi along the Indian River Lagoon on Florida’s east coast, according to Melissa Deinys, a University of Central Florida research assistant ...