South Florida's springtime climate makes it the perfect atmosphere to plant a garden. Throughout the area there are excellent plant nurseries offering a variety of plants and even tropical fruit ...

A decorative plant found on highway medians in South Florida contains chemicals that can stop your heart. A bush with flamboyantly drooping flowers serves as a cheap hallucinogen for teenagers ...

Whether you’re new to South Florida or new to gardening, here’s a guide to how to go native this fall and enjoy the rewards you’ll receive as wildlife and fabulous colors work their natural ...

A surprising number of the plants in South Florida gardens may be toxic or irritating to our dogs and cats. Among them: cycads, milkweed, aroids, lantana camera, poinsettia and other euphorbias ...

While fall symbolizes the end of the growing season in most of the country, it is just the opposite here in South Florida. My garden is a mass of colorful bloom right now: red salvia, yellow ...

They’re impossible to avoid and hard to resist, but not all plants sold in big box stores are good for South Florida gardens. Some are invasive; others won't tolerate the humidity. Here are some ...

Additionally, the plants should not be listed as invasive by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council or the UF/IFAS Assessment of Nonnative Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas. It is of utmost ...

The Florida prairie clover is protected as endangered. The plants are part of the irreplaceable and quickly disappearing landscape of South Florida, threatened by sea-level rise, urban sprawl and loss ...

South Florida is crawling with invasive and non-native species. Burmese pythons slither through the Everglades. Climbing ferns from as far away as Australia cover islands in protected wetlands. In ...

Eight South Florida Plants Get Proposal for Critical Habitat Protection Plants Threatened by Sea-Level Rise, Development ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In response to litigation filed by the Center for ...

South Florida neighbors’ feud over rocks, plants escalates to fines: ‘She just keeps calling code’ Lauderhill homeowner says efforts to placate angry neighbor have gone nowhere ...

Another outlawed plant that used to be popular for landscaping in the southeast United States has since taken over protected natural areas like Paynes Prairie State Preserve in Gainesville.