by Victor Lazzari 

by Roger L. Hammer 

 

This guide equips home gardeners and landscape professionals alike with the knowledge to successfully grow roses in the tropical climate of South Florida.

by Lewis S. Maxwell 

 

Over 100 photographs of flowers detailed by proper scientific and common names, visual traits, cultivation, and cold tolerance. Also included are flowering characteristics, planting dates, landscape usage, and principal pests.

by C. Ritchie Bell. 

Florida boasts an extremely diverse flora, ranging from tropical species in the south to Appalachian Mountain remnants in the panhandle. Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants is a helpful guide to identifying 500 species of Florida plant life, including rare as well as common wildflowers and characteristic trees, shrubs, vines, and ferns. Each description includes both common and scientific names, a range map, symbols to show the season of bloom, and a useful summary code of nine key plant, leaf, and flower characters, to aid in identification. With rich color photographs and brief, nontechnical notes to accompany each species, this handbook is a valuable reference for tourists, residents, students, and anyone interested in plants in all seasons of the year, from Pensacola to the Keys.

by Walter Kingsley Taylor

 

by Walter Kingsley Taylor

Preserved Taylor provides detailed descriptions and color photos of each community--pine flatwoods, sandhills, upland pine forest, scrub, temperate hardwood forest, coastal uplands, subtropical pine forest, tropical hardwood hammock, and ruderal sites--and of the wildflower species associated with each. For each flower, he provides the scientific and common names, a brief description, flowering time, habitats, geographical range, color photo, and miscellaneous comments. While most of the flowers are herbaceous, Taylor also includes characteristic woody types. He makes special mention of endangered or threatened species and species of special concern. The guide includes a number of limited-distributed species that have never been published in a book of this type.

 

With individual photos of more than 450 wildflower species, the most accurate range information available, and organization by ecological community, Taylor's guide aids not only in wildflower identification, but also in appreciation of the Florida landscapes that support them. By linking flowers with their natural habitats, it highlights the need to protect these ecologically unique communities to ensure the survival of the wildflowers themselves. In addition, it offers a new resource for gardeners interested in planting native species. 

Flowers, gives an illustration to the beauty of Florida’s natural beauty by getting a closer look at the floral life growing in Florida. Williams’ hope for this series is that it will encourage everyone to take a closer look at the flowers growing in Florida. 

Check out Florida Wildflower Foundation to learn all about the native wildflower habitat, and how they are protected through education, conservation, planting and research. Florida Wildflower Foundation offers assistance in helping people grow a garden of wildflowers. But they also offer events both in person and online, like a field trip going through the deep creek. 

Genealogical Grit Persevering Through Tough Problems
Saturday, August 2, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library, 3910 S. Manhattan Ave

 

Meeting is a hybrid meeting. Cari Taplin will be presenting via webinar in the conference room at the Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library. Alternatively, you can attend via Zoom webinar.

When an answer is elusive, do you tend to give up? Don't stop just because one thing didn't turn up any records for you. There are always more databases, digitalized collections, online books, and so much more to find. This lecture discusses "genealogical perseverance" through examples and how they were overcome.

 

by Robert Bowden, Tom MacCubbin, Joe Lamp'l, and Georgia B. Tasker 

 

The environmentally sound growing info for both edible and ornamental plants found here is your green thumb map to success. With profiles of more than 300 plants proven to thrive in Florida's unique climate, including shrubs, trees, perennials, annuals, vegetables, fruits, tropical plants, lawn grasses, and more, you'll be able to select the best plants to create a beautiful landscape or a high-yielding edible garden. Helpful charts highlight sun and shade requirements and offer clear and concise plant variety information. Month-by-month care and cultivation guides are offered for each plant group, guiding your journey--even if you're a first-time Florida gardener.
Authors Tom MacCubbin and Georgia B. Tasker, along with pro gardeners Robert Bowden and Joe Lamp'l, address the many challenges of Florida gardening, including a changing climate and saltwater gardening information. The how-to methods for planting, pruning, watering, fertilizing, and much more are rich with information essential to Floridians. This comprehensive and extensive guide is the best resource for growing in the Sunshine State. Whether you live in Nassau County, the Florida Keys, or somewhere in between, the Florida Gardener's Handbook has you covered.

by Tom MacCubbin

Your Florida Garden
by John V. Watkins and Herbert Snow Wolfe

Your Florida Garden, comprehensively covers all aspects of gardening in Florida: Planning the Garden, Patios and Florida Rooms, Soil, Fertilizer, Water, and Temperature, Propagation of Garden Plants, Trees, Palms, Shrubs, and Vines, Azaleas, Camellias, Hibiscus, and Roses, Herbaceous Perennials, Annual Flowers and Bulbs, Lawn Grasses and Ground Covers, Orchids and Bromeliads, Beach and Retirement Gardening, Fruits in the Garden, Vegetables in the Garden, Garden Pests. In addition, there are tables which show what to do in the garden every month of the year in every part of the state.