anyone growing a Jacaranda in South Florida
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Fast growing Shade Tree South Florida
Comments (1)You'd be safer posting this question of the regional Florida gardening forum. South Florida is its own special world, and the choice of best shade tree is influenced by constraints of hurricane wind resistance, need for irrigation in winter, and whether it is potentially invasive in Florida conditions. I'd suggest if there are any of the native shade trees that you like, plant one of those. If it doesn't need to be a native, and depending on the situation and views, etc, I might even be tempted to put in a small grove of showy palms such as silvery Bismarckia nobilis. In 10 to 15 years they can easily form a great canopy effect that would stand out against live oak forest....See Morecan anyone recommend a rose to plant in South Florida
Comments (11)Belinda's Dream really is a great choice. Especially if you want fragrant, perfectly shaped roses. She's the one that got me hooked. It was my first rose here in South Florida (I have since gotten another one) and I now have over 50 roses in my garden. I grow them all in containers though because I don't have garden space in full sun. BD has been a no spray dream and is always full of buds and blooms. Thrips do like her, but her blooms are so full you wont even see the thrip damage when she opens. Another really good choice is Duchess De Brabant. She has smaller less formal flowers but very delicate and she is no fuss. My knock outs have not done that well. They do bloom alot but the flowers are small and not neatly formed with no fragrance so they are just boring to me. Try Quietness. She's also a beauty and easy to grow. I've also had luck with Mr. Lincoln (though it grows gangly, but still blooms even with black spot). Joseph's coat is doing well too this year despite its first two years of being down-right-ugly. About Face is doing superb as well. She's had BS in the past, but seems to have outgrown it. Olympiad and Love rose have also done well for me as well as Gold Medal, perfume delight and All American Beauty. I've also had luck with Huntington Rose and Jubilee Celebration from David Austin and alot of the Kordes roses have done well for me too (the fairy tale series). But they are all in their first season so its hard to tell what will happen. Spraying is a real b*tch, but almost a requirement if you are growing HT roses here. I spray mine but only when absolutely totally necessary (like when i hear there's going to be a week of non stop rain). Otherwise I just let them get black spot (hand pick off the infected leaves to limit the spreading in the summer and do my hard pruning in the fall. Once October comes around you can pretty much get away with not spraying at all until May :) If you grow them in containers they require a little more work. You have to water more often and feed regularly, but its worth the work. You wont have to worry so much about soil conditions, nematodes etc and you can move your roses around so they get the optimal amount of sun during the changing seasons. So it has its pluses and drawbacks. If you want to grow them in the ground, make sure to get them grafted on fortuniana rootstock. That's the only way your roses can survive for more than 6 years in the ground here. Make sure you amend your soil with store bought top soil (miracle grow makes one especially for roses) at the very least. Dr Huey roots will do well too, but they may only live to about 5 years. (most store bought roses are on Dr. Huey) Then again, roses in our climate live much shorter lives since they never go dormant in the winter, so either way they don't have long life spans. Pruning them hard once a year helps them to go somewhat dormant and will help them become bushier healthy plants. Even if we don't have freezes. Good luck!...See MoreAnyone successfully growing citrus in South Florida?
Comments (1)google citrus grafters and find out what rootstock should be used in yor area and if they can send you to a merchant that handles that rootstock. Do you have salt there. shallow soil, clay. they can help you. In my area only poncirus trifoliata and some crosses with can survive, so I can't help. Also your county agent can help. With citrus greening you may not be able. your agent will know. Best of luck to you...See MoreDoes joe pye weed and purple loosestrife grow in south florida?
Comments (5)Sorry for he misunderstanding - I don't grow the eupatorium, but it grows wild along the edges of a lake where I work. I consider it a swamp/marsh plant. I've collected seeds, but none have grown for me. & I'm guessing very few - if any - grow the loosestrife, because of above stated probs....See MoreRelated Professionals
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