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.

These trees have star-shaped leaves that litter branches in the Central Florida area. The leaves turn bright red, purple, yellow or orange in winter. They can grow up to 75 feet tall and 50 feet wide.

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.

In Central Florida on Thursday, Lake County had the driest measurement at 559, followed by Volusia at 525, Orange at 505, and Seminole at 504. Osceola measured 433 and has not yet enacted a burn ban.

Floss silk, also called the chorisia tree, grows to 35 to 50 feet and sports a green trunk and limbs studded with large, silver-gray, conical thorns.

On the bus, in the trees, on the side and top of railings: Caterpillars have taken over Alachua County. Tussock moth caterpillars are native to Florida and the southeastern United States and feed ...