Stories by DOUG CALDWELL

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• Brrr! Some plants shrug off a shot of cold, but these tender tropicals suffer
  November 21, 2008
• Copperleaf adds a little shine to local landscape
  November 7, 2008
• Mystery soft scale insect in South Florida targets croton, some ficus, even native plants
  October 31, 2008
• Pygmy date palms suffer in heavy rain seasons
  September 12, 2008
• Moth keeps an 'eye' on predators, stingers out for the unwary
  August 29, 2008
• Clerodendrum 'Musical Note' a melodic addition to your garden inventory
  August 15, 2008
• In Bloom: Venezuelan visitor should be welcome in our landscape
  July 4, 2008
• 'Black olive' fruit isn’t the sidewalk-staining villain; blame its visiting caterpillar
  June 13, 2008
• Don’t butcher your trees in the name of safety
  May 31, 2008
• Extension Service: Palm inoculation up to homeowners in Collier County
  May 9, 2008
• Extension Service: Beatles ’do, rather than smokestack look, prepares palms for hurricanes
  May 2, 2008
• Periwinkle gets rain gear with a new, summer-hardy strain
  April 18, 2008
• Extension Service: Thrips — singular or plural — are a nuisance
  March 14, 2008
• Extension Service: Decorative & delicious
  February 29, 2008
• Extension Service: Leafminer unfriendly, but not deadly, to citrus
  February 15, 2008
• Extension Service: Keeping cold weather from affecting your plants
  January 31, 2008
• Extension Service: Scale pest is stronger than we figured
  January 16, 2008
• Winter weeds
  January 5, 2008
• Doug Caldwell: These mites a mighty big problem
  December 22, 2007
• Extension Service: Ice those Cuban treefrogs, literally
  July 19, 2007
• Extension Service: There’s no escaping this galling new insect ... yet
  June 22, 2007
• Extension Service: Your landscape, their lunch
  May 25, 2007
• Extension Service: Save costs, aesthetics, by planting those trees well clear of power lines
  May 11, 2007
• Extension Service: Nice-looking groundcover alternatives: Low-growing chenille plant
  March 30, 2007
• Extension Service: Telegraph-pole trees may sub for cypress
  March 16, 2007
• Extension Service: ‘Marbles’ in your trees galling you?
  March 10, 2007
• Extension Service: Balls on the bark may be bromeliads at home
  February 24, 2007
• Extension Service: Thrips: They’re not picky eaters, and they’re coming our way
  January 6, 2007
• Extension Service: Wind? Hail? No, it’s weevil, an unwelcome immigrant from Sri Lanka
  December 23, 2006
• Extension Service: Now, before the rush, is the time to start pruning trees for storms
  December 9, 2006
• Extension Service: Trees bearing bouquets
  July 29, 2006
• Extension Service: Yellowing still haunts local county palms
  July 15, 2006
• Extension Service: Palm problems likely came from Wilma versus young buds or overpruning
  July 1, 2006
• Extension Service: Make your lawn care effective, environmentally aware and economical
  April 22, 2006
• Extension Service: Watch your citrus and ornamentals for tiny insects that may carry disease
  March 25, 2006
• Extension Service: New live-oak cultivar tackles its size issue
  March 18, 2006
• Extension Service: Fruit flies, more breeds and more of them, are becoming too common
  February 4, 2006
• Extension Service: Tropical how-to
  January 21, 2006
• Extension Service: ‘Cute’ plants that eat your yard: Dayflower
  January 7, 2006
• Extension Service: Searching for replacement trees? Check your landscaping regulations first
  December 10, 2005
• Extension Service: Spare clippers before storm; even defronded palms will generally spring back
  November 19, 2005
• Extension Service: Mussaenda's tropical twist on hydrangea
  September 24, 2005
• Extension Service: Pit-making scales chew plant's supply lines
  September 10, 2005
• Extension Service: Beetles move in to kill mistreated, vulnerable pines
  August 13, 2005
• Extension Service: Sidewalk stains mean your oak is bugged
  July 30, 2005
• Extension Service: Do elegant bromeliads serve as mosquito farms? Yes, and no
  July 16, 2005
• Extension Service: Spanworms won't kill bushes, but they're doing damage this year
  July 2, 2005
• Extension Service: East Naples now on list of active yellowing palm disease trouble spots
  June 4, 2005
• Extension Service: New mystery ravages, kills queen palms
  May 14, 2005
• Extension Service: Brazilian Cherry or Grumichama, Eugenia brasiliensis
  April 2, 2005

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