by Keri Byrum | Jul 21, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
What are those shrubs with orange flowers around Orlando right now? These are ixora hedges! Easy to ignore most of the year, this is the time of year when they burst with deep orange flowers and it seems everyone is asking for the name of this plant. Ixora, Ixora...
by Keri Byrum | Jun 3, 2016 | Around Our Yard, DIY Garden Projects
Finally getting around to removing this huge tree from my yard is making me very happy. Removing viburnum might be one of my best gardening moments. Okay, probably not really, but it is still a good feeling. I consider viburnum to be my nemesis. Finally getting...
by Keri Byrum | Feb 21, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
The controversy of pruning crape myrtle is heating up. Do you need to prune? Can you just let it grow? Read on my friends. It’s the time of year when I find myself cringing when I drive around town. It’s begun. “Crape Murder” is running rampant through our...
by Keri Byrum | Jan 27, 2016 | Plant Spotlight
Browsing through the photos on my iphone, there seems to be a recurring theme: plants, pugs and Mike. And probably in that order. I couldn’t help but notice that lately I have quite a few photos of clerodendrum in the mix, both in flower and in seed and it...
by Keri Byrum | Sep 1, 2015 | Plant Spotlight
It is the time of year when the berries of Callicarpa americana are absolutely stunning. This shrub is very easy to walk right by most of the year, but in September and October it will stop you in your tracks. American Beautyberry is a Florida native shrub with a...
