Lawn & Garden Links
University of Florida Web sites
- EDIS Home Page (UF/IFAS Publications Online)
- Featured Creatures
- UF Department of Environmental Horticulture
- UF Home Page
- UF Herbarium (FLAS)
- UF Pest Alert
UF Sample / ID / Test Forms
- Container Media Test Information Sheet (form)
- Extension Soil Testing Laboratory (for water and soil testing info)
- The Florida Extension Plant Disease Clinic
- Insect Identification Form
- Landscape & Vegetable Garden Test Information Sheet (form)
- Nematode Assay Form
- Request for Plant Information Form (Plant ID)
- UF Soil & Water Science Department
- Water Test Information Sheet (irrigation only) (form)
State Extension Services
- Colorado State University Cooperative Extension
- College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources - University of Hawaii
- Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources - University of California
- North Carolina Cooperative Extension
- Ohio State University Web Garden
- Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Best Management Practices (BMP)
- BMP Manual for Protection of Water Resources by the Green Industries
- Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection BMP publications
Botanical Gardens
- American Public Gardens Association (APGA)
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
- Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden
- National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG)
- The New York Botanical Garden
- The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Composting
- Construction of Home Compost Units
- How to Build a Keys Composter
- How to Compost in the Florida Keys
- Master Composter Web site
- Recycling Yard Wastes
- Tips for Compost Success
- Trouble Shooting Guide
- Turn Over a New Leaf
- Using Seaweed to Build your Keys Soil
- Worms Eat My Garbage
Children's Gardening
- Beginning Level - Getting Started in Entomology
- 4-H Entomology Project - Advanced Level Workbook
- FL Dept. of Agriculture - Insect Coloring Book
- FL Dept. of Agriculture - Wildflower Coloring Book
- The Bug Club
Environmental Topics
- EnviroWorld.com
- Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (FLEPPC)
- The Nature Conservancy
- National Audubon Society
- National Wildlife Federation
Groundcovers
- Conserving Water in the Home Landscape
- Converting Yard Wastes into Landscape Assets
- Coping with Drought in the Landscape
- Insect Management on Landscape Plants
- Landscape Design for Water Conservation
- Landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Low Maintenance Landscapes
- Mulches for the Landscape
- Microirrigation in the Landscape
- Native Florida Plants for Home Landscapes
- What's Bugging Me? A Guide for Environmental Landscape Pest Control
Gardening
- Butterfly Gardening
- Florida Gardening Calendar
- Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
- Gardening.com Web site
- Green Garden Chef.com
- Hort on the Internet - Houseplants
Horticultural Societies
- American Bamboo Society (ABS)
- American Hibiscus Society
- American Rose Society
- American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS)
- Botanical Society of America
- International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
- The Tropical Hibiscus
Insects (Good & Bad)
- Africanized Honey Bees Info and Living with Africanized Honey Bees
- Area wide Suppression of Fire Ants (USDA Web site)
- Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
- Brown Recluse Spider
- Brown Recluse Spider: Quotes from a Missouri physician who specialized in Brown Recluse Spider bites
- Brown Recluse Spider - UF/IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- Pest Alert (FLDOACS/DPI Web site)
- Exotic Palmicultor Mealybugs in Florida
- Florida Keys Mosquito Control
- Ficus (Fig) Whitefly
- Pink Hibiscus Mealybug
- Red Palm Mite
- Red Palm Mite Informational Handout
- What's Bugging Me? A Guide for Environmental Landscape Pest Control
- Lobate Lac Scale (in Spanish)
- Hort on the Internet - Insects
- Spiders and Arachnids
- Termites - Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center Web site
- Termites - UF/IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- Termites in mulch - Louisiana State University Agriculture Center
- Venomous Spiders in Florida
Invasive Exotics
Landscaping before and after the storm
Mulch
Palms
Palm Fact Sheets
- Areca Palm / Bamboo Palm / Yellow Butterfly Palm Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
- Bismarck Palm Bismarckia nobilis
- Cabbage Palm Sabal palmetto
- California Washingtonia Palm / Desert Palm Washingtonia filifera
- Canary Island Date Palm Phoenix canariensis
- Carpentaria Palm Carpentaria acuminata
- Chinese Fan Palm Livistona chinensis
- Christmas Palm / Manila Palm Veitchia merrillii
- Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera
- Fishtail Palm Caryota
- Jelly Palm / Pindo Palm Butia capitata
- Kentia Palm / Sentry Palm Howea forsteriana
- Key Thatch Palm Thrinax morrisii
- Paurotis Palm Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
- Queen Palm Syagrus romanzoffiana
- Royal Palm Roystonea
- Senegal Date Palm Phoenix reclinata
- Washington Palm / Mexican Washington Palm Washingtonia robusta
- Windmill Palm Trachycarpus fortunei
Plant Pathology
Poisonous Plants
- Plants Poisonous to Dogs and Cats
- Poisons and Poisonous Plants
- Poisonous Plants of Florida
- Poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum) color photos
Shrub Fact Sheets and Care
- Camellias in Florida
- Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants
- Converting Yard Wastes into Landscape Assets
- Coping with Drought in the Landscape
- Insect Management on Landscape Plants
- Ixora for South Florida
- Landscape Design for Water Conservation
- Landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Microirrigation in the Landscape
- Mulches for the Landscape
- What's Bugging Me? A Guide for Environmental Landscape Pest Control
Snakes
- Burmese Python Removal Program
- Dealing With Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Introduction
- Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Identifying Commonly Encountered Snakes
- Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Preventing Encounters
- Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas - Emergency Planning
- Guide to Snakes of Florida
- Guide to Venomous Snakes of Florida
Spanish publications
Tree Selection and Care for South Florida
- Community Tree Care
- Dispelling Misperceptions about Trees
- Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: Determining Shade Patterns for South Florida
- Florida Forest Trees
- Homeowner Questions & Tree Descriptions
- Tree Species (Word document)
- Where are Tree Roots?
Tropical Fruit
Turf
Wildlife
- Avian Influenza - Bird flu
- Bats in buildings
- Bufo toads - if your pet is poisoned by one
- Control of Roof Rats in Fruit Trees
- Dealing with Unwanted Wildlife in an Urban Environment
- Dealing with Iguanas in the South Florida Landscape
- Key Deer Fact Sheet
- Key Deer and Iguana Plant Preferences
- Marine toads Bufo marinus
- Rat and Mouse Control
- Dr. Kenneth Krysko's research efforts, UF Division of Herpetology