The initiative aims to educate the public on sustainable landscaping that conserves water and supports local wildlife.

Native plants are suitable for several of the Florida Friendly principles; right plant, right place with little or no supplemental water after establishment. Self-mulching with leaf drops recycles ...

Now that water quality has improved, native aquatic plants can grow in the lake again after being gone for more than 50 years Lake Apopka was once a main attraction in Central Florida.

Enter the concept of plant-rescue ops. Volunteers with the Florida Native Plant Society have dug, moved and transplanted more than 4,800 of the state’s rarest specimens from Castle Hill.

Water lettuce, native but a nuisance, highlights herbicide tensions By Rose Schnabel January 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM EST ...

These plants are safe in Roger’s fenced-in yard, but for the dozens of native orchids scattered across Florida in odd places, from swamp to suburb, reality is much more grim.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, authorities will treat for hydrilla, an invasive plant species native to Africa and Southeast Asia, in Lake Cypress during the ...