Month: February 2016

Rare & Unusual Tropical Trees & Plants, Flowering, Fruit, Native, Palm, Bamboo, Heliconia, Hummingbird, Butterfly

Spring is Just Around the Corner

This weekend we’re experiencing another cool-off in a very unusual winter whose start was greatly delayed. We can’t predict whether this will turn out to be our last significant chilly weather, but spring is indisputably not very far away, and now is a good time to start preparing. An important consideration is your choice of…
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February 26, 2016 0

The Colorful Jade Vines

This week we’ll take a look at a few jade vines. The term is a little bit confusing, because not all the plants known by that name even belong to the same genus. But what they do have in common is that they are lianas, that is, woody-stemmed vines that climb and twine around their…
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February 20, 2016 0

New Concerns Voiced About Florida Citrus Industry

Richard Lyons’ Nursery has been reporting in this space for quite some time that the citrus industry in Florida is under assault. The primary threat is citrus greening, a disease for which a dependable cure has not yet been developed. This week there is another round of discouraging news. Attached below is a February 10…
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February 12, 2016 0

Some Interesting Palms for Your Garden

Richard Lyons’ Nursery is proud to carry a good selection of plants across a broad group of families. Even though our emphasis is on flowering trees and shrubs and fruit trees, we also enjoy growing a number of interesting palm species. Here are thumbnail sketches of some of the palms we currently have at the…
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February 5, 2016 0