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  • Histories and Mysteries of the Cabbage Palm
    The Palmetto Book: Histories and Mysteries of the Cabbage Palm
    From University Press of Florida:
    The palmetto, also known as the cabbage palm or Sabal palmetto, is an iconic part of the southeastern American landscape and the state tree of Florida and South Carolina. In this book, Jono Miller offers surprising facts and dispels common myths about an important native plant that remains largely misunderstood.

    Miller answers basic questions such as: Are palms trees? Where do they grow historically? When should palmettos be pruned? What is swamp cabbage, and how do you prepare it? Did Winslow Homer's watercolors of palmettos inadvertently document rising sea levels? How can these plants be both flammable and fireproof? Based on historical research, Miller argues that cabbage palms can live for more than two centuries. The palmettos that were used to build Fort Moultrie at the start of the Revolutionary War thwarted a British attack on Charleston - and ended up on South Carolina's flag.

    Delving into biology, Miller describes the anatomy of palm fronds and their crisscrossed leaf bases, called bootjacks. He traces the underground "saxophone" structure of the young plant's root system. He explores the importance of palmettos for many wildlife species, including Florida Scrub-Jays and honeybees. Miller also documents how palmettos can pose problems for native habitats, citrus groves, and home landscapes.

    From Low Country sweetgrass baskets to Seminole chickees and an Elvis Presley movie set, the story of the cabbage palm touches on numerous dimensions of the natural and cultural history of the Southeast. Exploring both the past and present of this distinctive species, The Palmetto Book is a fascinating and enlightening journey.

    By Jono Miller, ISBN 9780813066806, 302 pages.

    Price: $28.00
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  • Tomato and Pepper Insects Identification Deck
    Tomato and Pepper Insects ID Deck
    Tomato and Pepper Insects is an identification deck designed to help you distinguish between the helpful and harmful insects you might encounter on your tomato and pepper plants. Color photographs provide the detail you need to determine whether you are observing a helpful or harmful organism. This differentiation will assist you in practicing integrated pest management (IPM), enabling you to manage harmful organisms while preserving the helpful ones.

    Some harmful insects covered include aphids, thrips, whiteflies, leafminers, mole crickets, pepper weevils, beet armyworms, hornworms, and tomato fruitworms. Some helpful insects include the brown lacewing, green lacewing, lady beetles, minute pirate bug, Larra wasp, and parasitic wasp.

    This ID deck serves as a companion to the Grower's IPM Guide for Florida Tomato and Pepper Production, available for free online at  http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/resources/success_stories/T&PGuide/index.shtml

    Price: $12.00
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  • Transforming Florida Yards: A Regional Food Forest Guide
    Transforming Florida Yards: A Regional Food Forest Guide
    From Pineapple Press:
    Transforming Florida Yards offers readers a way to easily grow edible plants by creating a natural ecosystem. All one needs to successfully begin their food forest is a lawn and this book! Knowing which plants grow in each part of the state (north, central, and south) simplifies steps to create a flourishing garden. Permaculture, or the process of working with nature rather than against it, teaches affordable, sustainable, and research-based ways to beautify surroundings. Backyard gardens also lower the risk of food insecurity and help prepare communities for continuous climate change.

    Thanks to ample rainfall and warm temperatures, Florida is the perfect state for growing produce, herbs, and other edibles year-round. Most plants in a food forest are long-lived and low maintenance. Often, food forests even take care of their own fertilization and pest control!

    Empowered with easy-to-follow, one-page reference sheets for 200 plants (with corresponding hardiness zone, recipes, cultural information, and landscaping design tips), readers will quickly watch their lawns transform into a gorgeous, yet edible paradise.

    By Amanda Pike, ISBN 978-1-68334-329-5, copyright 2023.


        
    Price: $29.95
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  • Vegetable Gardening in Florida
    Vegetable Gardening in Florida
    From James Stephens, the founder of the Master Gardener Program, comes the ultimate resource for successfully cultivating vegetables in Florida. Whether you're nurturing beans, tomatoes, herbs, or any other crop native to Florida, this comprehensive guide will lead you through every step of the process, from site selection and insect management to the bountiful harvest and proper storage of your produce. Complete with practical planting guides, helpful gardening measurement conversions, and invaluable organic gardening insights, this fully illustrated handbook is essential for both novice and experienced gardeners alike. With 135 pages of expert advice, you'll have everything you need to cultivate a thriving vegetable garden in the Sunshine State.
    Price: $18.95
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  • Wildflowers of Florida Field Guide
    Wildflowers of Florida Field Guide
    From Adventure Publications:

    Explore Florida's stunning wildflowers with this comprehensive field guide featuring 200 exquisite species!
    -Conveniently organized by color and size for effortless identification
    -User-friendly icons for quick reference and easy visual identification
    -Stunning full-page, professional-quality photographs for each wildflower
    -Clear and concise format presenting essential information for accurate identification
    -Highlights the most common wildflowers found in Florida

    Authored by acclaimed entomologist Jaret C. Daniels in collaboration with Stan Tekiela.

    428 pages. ISBN 978-1-59193-252-9.

     

    Price: $16.95
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  • Your Florida Guide to Bedding Plants
    Your Florida Guide to Bedding Plants

    From University Press of Florida:

    Gardening in Florida presents unique challenges due to its diverse climate and soil conditions. This comprehensive guide addresses the specific needs of gardeners across the state, providing expert advice tailored to different regions. Discover essential techniques and tips to:

    • Design attractive beds with easy-to-follow landscape plans
    • Place and use over 70 bedding plants with the at-a-glance photo reference
    • Garden successfully in coastal areas
    • Prevent and cope with plant pests and diseases
    • Create hanging baskets, fragrance, and cutting gardens

    By Robert J. Black and Edward F. Gilman, ISBN 0813016428, copyright 1998.

    Price: $18.95
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  • Florida Butterfly Gardening
    Your Florida Guide to Butterfly Gardening
    By Jaret C. Daniels

    In this easy-to-use and brightly illustrated introductory guide, lepidopterist Jaret Daniels shows beginners how to create a haven for butterflies and other flower-loving wildlife in Florida and throughout the Deep South.

    Updated in this second edition with new photographs and expanded to include additional species of butterflies, Your Florida Guide to Butterfly Gardening offers a thorough look at Florida's most common garden butterflies and the plants they prefer for food, shelter, and egg laying. It helps you select plants for a yard where butterflies can live and return year after year. The book features garden layouts designed for Florida's major growing zones and also suitable for gardens in neighboring southern states.

    Full-color images show common butterflies and their caterpillars, as well as food plants and host plants. Daniels also discusses current environmental threats to butterfly species, with a special focus on the monarch butterfly, describing how humans can play an important role in sustaining native wildlife populations and promoting biodiversity through our yards and home gardens.

    From University Press of Florida, ISBN 978-0-8130-6853-4, copyright 2022.
    Price: $24.95
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  • Your Florida Guide to Perennials: Selection, Establishment, and Maintenance
    Your Florida Guide to Perennials: Selection, Establishment, and Maintenance
    Whether you are just gaining an interest in perennials or have a long-time appreciation for them, this fourth book in the popular Your Florida Guide to... series will become a valuable gardening resource. Perennials provide extended seasons of color that enhance any landscape. With Your Florida Guide to Perennials, you will recognize old favorites and be introduced to gorgeous new varieties to add to your garden's plant palette.

    Sydney Park Brown and Rick Schoellhorn, with a combined 30 years of horticulture experience, offer a variety of ways to select and enjoy perennials, such as fragrance, season of color, drought tolerance, shade tolerance, and wildlife attractants. They provide information not currently available to either consumers or industry professionals on perennial selection, use, and care.

    Over 250 perennials are featured in a user-friendly format that includes a plant identification color wheel, sidebars, and nearly 200 full-color photos for easy identification. Gingers, begonias, and salvias are given special treatment with pages devoted to these large and diverse plant groups. All the major climatic zones in Florida are covered along with success tips for each zone. Native species are noted.

    144 pages.
    Price: $18.95
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