Butterfly Gardening in Florida

Florida Yards & Neighborhoods, along with the UF IFAS Extension Office, has a website on butterfly gardening.

Laurel oaks are not tough trees

Professor Edward Gilman
Environmental Horticulture Department
IFAS, University of Florida --

Many things can kill a tree and Laurel oaks are not known as tough trees. March, April and May were dry months and now it is raining. The fungi catch up when the once rains begin and can finish off any stressed trees.

Dr. Gilman has built a web site that covers shade tree maintenance problems, solutions, hazard trees; and common problems including leaves turning brown and dropping, and some trees even dying off regardless of age.

(Editor's note: I've gone over quite a bit of this web site and I have to say, it's marvelous. And so thorough in it's info that it will probably answer any questions you may have regarding trees.)

Beneficial insects

Here's a neat web site with great pictures of beneficial insects. Now you can tell the good guys from the bad guys! Wow! Just came back from checking out this site. "Great pictures" doesn't really describe it. They are vivid, sharp and will make insect ID much easier.