The Australian tree dropped from aeroplanes over Florida's Everglades that spread across nearly 500,000 acres

In 1936, a Florida landowner scattered melaleuca seeds from an aeroplane over the eastern edge of the Everglades, part of a ...
Ecoticias

The United States planted Australian melaleuca trees in 1906 to drain Florida wetlands, and now they have invaded nearly 500,000 acres, changing fire, water, an…

Australian melaleuca trees introduced to drain Florida wetlands spread across 500,000 acres, reshaping the Everglades for ...
Ecoticias

It all started when a Florida homeowner had some old cardboard boxes he was going to throw away and ended up transforming a withered lawn into a garden full of butt…

Old cardboard boxes helped a Florida homeowner turn a dying lawn into a low-maintenance haven for bees, birds, and ...

In the 1930s, a Florida nurseryman scattered Australian tree seeds from an airplane to dry wetlands; the trees later invaded more than 400,000 acres of Florida wetlands

Discover the unintended consequences of introducing the invasive melaleuca tree to the Everglades in the 1930s and its ...
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Florida native plants to use for color, shade, privacy and groundcover

Plant lovers, this one is for you. Whether you garden all the time or you just like to look at plants, it's interesting to learn the uses for different native plants. Here are stories TCPalm has ...
Orlando Sentinel

Florida native plant sale coming to Sanford this weekend

Central Floridians have an opportunity this weekend to go home with new plants for their landscaping needs while helping the Sunshine State’s natural environment. A Florida native plants sale offers ...
The Florida Times-Union

What you should know about using native Florida plants in your yard

Why should we plant native plants? I’ve talked to people who think Florida is tropical with no variation in plants year-round; that they are green and blooming all year. Florida is semi-tropical with ...
Sun Sentinel

Want to learn how to plant a Florida garden? There’s a tour for that

It’s gardening season in South Florida, and the message from gardening experts is clear: Make sure to cultivate native plants that grow harmoniously with fellow shrubs, trees and flowers — and steer ...