Naples Botanical Garden isn’t just a collection of plants—it’s a time machine disguised as 170 acres of tropical splendor where Southwest Florida’s sunshine works its magic on flora from around the ...

Endemic to Florida, false rosemary or shortleaf rosemary (Conradina ... Swamp pink (Helonias bullata) is known for its spiky ...

Are you an orchid murderer? If so, you’re not alone. I’ve inadvertently killed my fair share of these tropical plants over the years.

The first week of November shuffles in the rain and storms of autumn, so take this as your cue to stop procrastinating and protect tender plants that you want to survive over the winter.

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida residents about pansies, crape myrtles, gardenias, philodendron and dealing with chinch bugs and unwanted mushrooms ...

Ever had one of those days when you’re surrounded by Orlando’s theme parks and suddenly think, “I could really use 50 acres of botanical serenity right now”? Harry P. Leu Gardens is that unexpected ...

Red tide concentrations have significantly increased in Northwest Florida over the past week, with bloom-level concentrations of the organism Karenia brevis ...

These are all the bird-friendly plants you should leave up this fall to provide important food and nesting resources, ...

Thinking about strawberries and history, I can’t help but picture the strawberry-picking scene in the early 19th-century ...

A telltale hint was on the bee’s knees. An analysis of 127 fossil flowers, flower buds and bees from central Germany revealed pollen particles that precisely matched ancient flowers to their ...

A man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond in 1996 was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 14th execution this year in Florida. Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, was ...

Jerome Lorenz has received funding from The Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation, the Batchelor Foundation and the Ron Magill Conservation Endowment. He is retired from the National Audubon ...