When choosing deciduous trees for the Space Coast's warm climate, look for plants that require fewer cold hours to bear fruit ...

While National Arbor Day is always in April, many Floridians do not know that Florida’s Arbor Day is the third Friday in January. In 2025 that date is Friday, January 1. This early date is ...

Chaste Trees are typically grown as a large multi-stemmed deciduous shrub. The non-native 10–15-foot maturing shrubs are favored for their showy lavender flowers that are on display late spring ...

In Florida, properly placed trees around buildings can result in 40 percent less cooling energy than a treeless site. Shade is only part of the reason this is true.

Of course, exotic deciduous trees are common in Central Florida landscapes, with trumpet trees (Tabebuias) and tree-size crape myrtles enjoying significant popularity.

Also one of a kind – but without a prickly disposition – is the gumbo limbo tree (Bursera simaruba), a briefly deciduous native up to 30 feet tall but usually shorter. Gumbo limbo is drought ...

Deciduous trees, like oaks, maples, and elms, shed their leaves in the fall and sprout new leaves every spring. Here are just a few of the most common hardwood trees in North America.

Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is a deciduous, common oak tree. A member of the red oak family, ... States along the East Coast, beginning in New York and New Jersey and ending in parts of Florida.

Since we are only in February, I’m sure winter is not over yet, but a week of temperatures in the 80s seems unusual even for a Florida winter. Because of these warm temperatures, there is a ...