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World Famous GRIMAL GROVE After 160mph Winds Video

World Famous GRIMAL GROVE After 160mph Winds Video

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This legendary tropical fruit property in the Florida Keys had a massive hurricane roll through 2 years ago, so everyone's been wondering... How did this 60+-year-old Grimal Grove recover after…

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Cocoplum Chrysobalanus icaco

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Reaching a height of 15 feet and a spread of 15 feet, salt-tolerant Cocoplum grows in full sun or partial shade on a wide range of soils, needing little irrigation…

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Sabal Palmetto or Cabbage Palm

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The sabal palm, or cabbage palm, is native to Florida and coastal regions of North and South Carolina and Georgia, and is the state tree of both South Carolina and…

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Mangrove Black – White – Red – the Protector of Our Florida Keys Coastlines

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The Mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves occur worldwide in the tropics and subtropics,…

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American Beautyberry – Callicarpa americana a Florida Keys Favorite

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Beautyberry a rapidly-growing North American native forms a rather loosely-arranged, rounded shrub, five to eight feet tall and equally wide (Fig. 1). Branches form long arches bending toward the ground…

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Coontie in the Florida Keys Yard

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Sunshine State gardeners have rediscovered the Florida coontie (Figure 1) as a native plant well adapted to Florida yards. Its increased use in landscapes has encouraged the presence of the…

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Monroe County Master Gardeners – 13 Plant Clinics April to June

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The Monroe County Master Gardeners are holding 13 plant clinics at three locations this spring to help you with plant problems or insect identification. The Master Gardeners are part of…

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Native Plants Take a Stand Against Hurricanes

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Many Florida Keys property owners will be tasked with replacing landscaping damaged by Hurricane Irma. Native plants have grown for centuries here in the Florida Keys and are well designed…

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Black Torch – A Beach Lover That Can Be Used As A Torch

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Black torch shrub (Erithalis fruticosa) is threatened in Florida because the coastal hammocks in which it grows have turned into condominiums. The loss of habitat has significantly reduced the number…

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Celebrate Sea Grapes – Beauty Nostalgia of Old South Florida

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Visitors to the Florida Keys see them as robust shrubs and trees with large, round, fan-like leaves as big as your hand. They’re often seen in road medians, shopping center…

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Gumbo Limbo – Not a New Dance But Good for Native Landscaping

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These days, most merry-go-round horses are made from molded fiberglass and plastic. However, in the days when they were carved from wood, most of them were made from gumbo limbo,…

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Florida Keys Cacti – Barbed-Wire and Florida Semaphore Cactus

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While many folks associate cactus with the sand and heat of a desert in the western part of the United States, South Florida and the Florida Keys are home to…

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Create an Oasis for Butterflies in Your Florida Keys Landscape

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Most of us have heard the saying, “Build it and they will come.” Can we apply this to attracting butterflies? If so, what are we building? The answer to the…

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Plants Iguanas and Key Deer Ignore or Eat

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Iguanas and Key Deer are plant eating animals and will eat many kinds of plants. In particular, they like flowering shrubs, like hibiscus, berries, fruits and vegetables, like tomatoes, strawberries…

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Mangoes As Money Makes The Most Of A Fruity Season

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South Floridians are no strangers to mangoes - the time of year when round colorful fruit falls from trees in backyards across the region. One local business is taking advantage,…

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Health Can Bloom in the Florida Keys Home Garden

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No one thinks of the Florida Keys as a major farming community anymore, but it was in the 1800s. Thousands of bushels of tomatoes were produced and canned. In 1882…

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Poisonwood: The Good The Bad and The Ugly

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More than 150 native plants call the Florida Keys their home and a few people can identify all of them. However, the poisonwood tree - Metopium toxiferum - Common Names: Poison Wood,…

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Stock Island Nursery Cultivates Rare and Endangered Plants

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The Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden is a Stock Island nursery that is one of the Lower Keys’ best-kept secrets, a sanctuary for plants and people just off…

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DOT Gives 4 Miles of Islamorada U.S. 1 a New Bloom

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Rows of new pink bougainvillea and other plants now line four miles of the Islamorada U.S. 1 corridor on Upper Matecumbe Key. A five-month project to landscape the Islamorada highway…

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Dahoon Holly is Tolerant and Colorful

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Pagans wore holly in their hair to ward off evil spirits and gave it as gifts in honor of the winter solstice at the Saturnalia celebration. Christians took advantage of…

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