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Sarah Lariviere tore out her lawn and paid for a low-water replacement with a turf removal rebate. Here's how she made it happen.
In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf of Mexico coast facing a drought.
In some areas, terms such as water-conserving landscaping, drought-tolerant landscaping, and smart scaping are used instead. The use of plants whose natural requirements are appropriate to the local climate is emphasized, and care is taken to avoid losing water to evaporation and runoff. However, the specific plants used in xeriscaping vary ...
Resistance to drought is a quantitative trait, with a complex phenotype, often confounded by plant phenology. Breeding for drought resistance is further complicated since several types of abiotic stress, such as high temperatures, high irradiance , and nutrient toxicities or deficiencies can challenge crop plants simultaneously.
St. Augustine grass is commonly used in South Florida because it is a warm-season grass that grows well in neutral soil, and can tolerate partial shade as well as full sun, said Marco Schiavon, an ...
Not as cold- or shade-tolerant. 'Floratine' - released in 1959. Has a darker color and finer texture. Tolerates lower temperatures and needs less mowing. 'Palmetto' - released in the mid-1990s. A smaller, lighter green grass. 'Raleigh' - released in 1980. Tolerant of cold, but susceptible to insects and disease. 'Sapphire' - released in 2004.
The Florida dry prairie is a herbaceous upland plant community found in subtropical southern Florida. It consists of plains covered in grasses , low shrubs, and few widely scattered trees. It was originally found on the plains near the Kissimmee River and Fisheating Creek connected to Lake Okeechobee , but conversion to agriculture and pasture ...
Editor’s note: This story is part one of a two-part series on the catastrophic seagrass die-offs plaguing nearly all of Florida’s coastal waters. The die-offs persist, raising the question ...