University of Florida experts warn that some popular plants sold in stores are invasive and harmful to the state's ecosystem.

Here are a few plants to test your knowledge. The common name for coreopsis, the state wildflower, is tickseed, due to the ...

Mitigation banks can’t exactly replicate pre-development ecosystems, even when they achieve state-mandated native plant goals. (Rose Schnabel/WUFT News) Growing native plants and eradicating invasive ...

See list of eight invasive garden plants found in plant nursery stores to stay away from in your Florida yard.

Sadly, we can't rely on garden centers to offer only safe, native plants. In Florida, these are the invasive flowers and ...

Florida's native bees are more efficient pollinators than honeybees and crucial for your garden. Learn how to attract these beneficial insects.

The annual Landscaping with Florida Natives Tour showcases South Brevard yards that use native plants. This year's tour includes the new Melbourne Founders Museum, which highlights local Black pioneer ...

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WUFT) — Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map. They snuck through a jumble of ...

Leafy green with tiny, red fruits, the Brazilian peppertree is a land manager’s enemy. Parts of the plant can be toxic to birds and cause rashes in humans, but that’s not why it raises concern. It’s ...

The freezing temperatures that hit Florida earlier this month may be nothing more than a memory as we watch temperatures head into the upper 80s this week. Unless you walk out into your yard.