Register for the half-day FFL workshop now!

Start planting in February!

The Hernando County Master Gardeners' calendar says February is a good time to plant perennials. Here are some ideas: African Iris, Blue Salvia, Blackberry Lily, Coreopsis, Bush daisy, daylily, Gazania, Gerbera Daisy, Rudbeckia, Ruellia, Shasta Daisy, Stokes Aster and Yarrow. Want to see what they look like before you decide? Visit www.floridayards.org and search through the plant database for photos and planting and maintenance needs.

For more ideas, join me Monday, February 11 for my "Favorite Plants for Hernando County" presentation. I will showcase three dozen plants, trees and palms that have great survival records. It will be at 5:30 p.m. at the Extension Office.

For more good advice from the Master Gardeners, buy a 2013 Gardening Calendar. It is only $3 and is chock full of excellent information about planting and maintenance of your gardens and landscape.

Who designed the landscape for Highclere Castle?

Join us tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at the Spring Hill Library for my presentation "Centuries of Gardening That Led to Florida-Friendly Landscaping." You'll find out who designed the 

the landscape for Highclere Castle at which Downton Abbey is filmed.

http://www.highclerecastle.co.uk/

New FFL Facebook page

Please visit our new Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HernandoFFLProgram. I would love for you to "Like" our page. I plan to post about all the Florida-Friendly Landscaping programs and presentations that are available to you in Hernando County. I want to keep up on how residents who have attended our rain barrel classes are saving water by using their rain barrels. In addition, there will be features on what's happening at local gardens where you can visit to see FFL in action and tips on what to do monthly in your gardens and landscape.

Save the Date!

March 8, 2013
Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Workshop
8 a.m. to Noon

The workshop will feature presentations on edible landscaping, practical alternatives to turf, irrigation inefficiencies and how they create problems for a landscape and information on two local gardens where Florida-Friendly Landscaping can be seen. Contact me at HernandoFFL@co.hernando.fl.us to get on our mailing list. Registration required with small fee.

Holiday Decorating with Plants

My colleague, Anne Yasalonis, posted this photo on her Polk County, FL Extension Blog. I enjoyed it and thought you would, too!
http://polkfyn.blogspot.com/2012/11/holiday-decorating-with-plants.html

Favorite Plants for Hernando County

Are you wasting time and money planting the wrong plant in your Hernando County landscape? Join us at a presentation on "Favorite Plants for Hernando County" to learn what plants do the best here. The presentation is a part of the Hernando County Utilities Department's Water Awareness Series 2012. It will be held on December 14 at HCUD, 21030 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville 34601. The presentation begins at 10 a.m. and lasts until Noon. Light refreshments will be served. To register, call (352) 754-4705 or email to waterconservation@co.hernando.fl.us