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We have news! We have 3 new Florida Champion trees in the garden. A native Strangler Fig - Ficus aurea, A Ceylon Cinnamon tree - Cinnamomum verum, and an Apple Blossom Cassia tree - Cassia javanica were all added into the Champion Tree Registry this week.
ffs.fdacs.gov/Champion trees/home.mvc/Index
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Will this become the new Florida Champion Ficus aurea -Strangler Fig? We will soon find out… Stay tuned. 🌴 🌱
#tropicaltrees #floridanative #ficus
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Added to the Zingiberales collection today, 8 new goodies went into the garden, two Heliconias, two Alpinias, two Calathea and two Etlingera.
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Today we began a trial Mango tree rejuvenation project. Stumping back some severely overgrown mangos in the grove to see how they respond. We are following the example done by Louise King and her team at The Fruit and Spice Park in the Redlands.
We will monitor and evaluate how the three specimens respond to the cutback.and how long they take to regrow and produce fruit.
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Galangal ginger Alpinia galanga blooming in the Zingiberales collection in the garden.
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One of the many Florida Champion Trees at Flamingo Gardens. This is a Kukui Nut Tree, Alurites moluccanus
This year we added 5 new trees to the Florida Champion Tree Registry.
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We say goodbye to the summer Dinosaur exhibit today. They were fun, but now to move on to the Fall. We’ve got Rewild Florida nature art coming to the gallery, then the Harvest Festival coming up throughout October. Lots to do this week in the garden cleaning up the Dinosaur mess.
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A couple of Heliconias which are blooming in the garden right now.
For those that may not know, the Heliconia Society International was started at Flamingo Gardens in 1985. It then moved to Fairchild Tropic Botanical Garden and then to Hawaii where it is based today.
Heliconia Society International
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When bamboo flowers it dies,and makes quite a mess. These clumps are around 40 years old, and we had 7 bloom at the same time…leaving quite the maintenance nightmare.
#gregariousflowering #bamboo #clumpingbamboo
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The honeybees are active this morning
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Garden photos from today.
It’s hot out there.
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Urgent Pet in need of immediate adoption!!!
This Great Pyranese Dog (in Fort Lauderdale area) needs a home by this Friday!
contact 786 214 0553 #petrescue #petadoption
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I got an early Sunday morning call in to work when a large Oak tree in the garden decided to fall apart across the tram trail overnight. Yeah for Sunday morning chainsaw work on my day off.
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A reminder that hurricane season is here, have an arborist evaluate and prune your trees before they look like this Royal Poinciana. A storm blew through last night and took down the lowest major branch on this tree, which will have to come down due to the extensive trunk damage.
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Gardening Presentations
My most recent wildlife gardening talk went pretty well, and I’ve decided to share all of the slides (with videos) of my talks here for anyone interested. These are specifically geared to southeast Florida, zones 10 and 11, but people in nearby regions may find them of some use as well. I … read more
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Today I am giving a talk on landscaping for wildlife in the Flamingo Gardens Learning Center at 2pm. I’ll be discussing some of my favorite wildlife friendly practices and plants. Hoping for a decent turnout. #homegrownnationalpark #wildlifefriendlygardening #plantitwild
