Jan 1, 2025 · The Central Florida area tends to have very sandy soil. In South Florida, we experience a more tropical climate that includes warm spring weather, hot, humid summers and mild, frost-free winters. The soil in the southern part of the state can consist of sand and limestone as well as marl and muck, which can make gardening somewhat of a challenge.

Jun 5, 2017 · The Florida Gardening discussion forum at Dave's Garden. Welcome to a forum geared to those who live in the Sunshine State! This mainly subtropical climate gives plenty of time to garden almost year-round. Its state flower is appropriately that of the lus...

Dec 12, 2005 · That said, there's a very, very fine line between "overgrown, out-of-control, weedy jungle" and "Florida cottage". Here's another theory that's been rattling around upstairs for a couple days: with those English cottage gardens, they have a growing season of about 4 …

Sep 22, 2015 · A thread in the Florida Gardening forum, titled Gardening inside a lanai. ARTICLES. Resources. Guides ...

Feb 5, 2010 · I'm going to jump in here since I live outside of Gainesville. I have 3-4 hosta plants, one being a "blue". I have pure sand out here that I'm slowly getting amended to turn into real soil, at least in the top 6 inches.

Nov 19, 2012 · I recently returned from a vacation in the Miami-Ft. Pierce area and was amazed by the lushness of the growth. We are contemplating moving down to Florida and I will have to take some gardening "refresher" courses about the …

Oct 4, 2013 · I also live in Florida and bought 20 'male' Jersey Supreme bare root plants a year ago. I had 2 raised beds built specifically for them. All my bare root plants grew and had lots of spears; I didn't cut any spears during this first year; I kept them shaded until just recently; some got really tall; I kept having to raise the shade.

Jul 25, 2006 · A thread in the Florida Gardening forum, titled Starting up my Nursery/nursery registration certificate

Jan 19, 2007 · Thanks for the replies. To the east of Hawthorne is the border with zone 9a; I am about 4 miles west, just south of a hamlet optimistically named Grove Park (we also have an Island Grove and a Citra nearby, and Citra actually has a tourist-trap sort of orange grove with a lot of cold-weather gear...

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