Here is the lovely gumbo limbo: a semi-evergreen that tolerates droughts, pests and hurricanes but with wood soft enough to make carousel horses out of it (which they used to do until the plastic-mold kind came along). It’s called the tourist tree because the peeling red bark resembles a tourist’s…
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Q: I know I can’t take my landscape with me during a hurricane evacuation, but I want to do everything I can to prevent my plants from being destroyed. Where do I start? A: Well, to be honest, you need to start WAY ahead of the storm, when your landscape…
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Q: I live in Sarasota, FL, and am searching for a groundcover that isn’t “vine-y” looking but still provides good coverage. Any ideas? I don’t want any kind of creeping plant. A: I have a beautiful choice for you: Liriope muscari, or lilyturf. As the clumps mature, they merge into…
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Q: I just moved to Florida and was told my visiting guests could write their names on the leaves of some kind of subtropical plant to thank me for their stay. What’s even stranger is that if my guests return in a year, their names will still be on the…
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