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Springtime in South Florida means the bloom of those little yellow flowers on trees across the region. Those are tabebuia trees (pronounced tah-beh-BOO-ya). We spoke with Lee County Horticulture Agent Stephen H. Brown about the tabebuia tree and how long we can expect its colorful flowers. The most popular one is commonly called the yellow […]

The non profit organization plans to clone Florida’s oldest Bald Cypress tree Lady Liberty before the iconic species dies out. With a trunk 10 feet thick and height of nearly 90 feet, the surviving Lady Liberty is a skyscraper next to mature hickory, sweet gum and cabbage palm trees.But its immense size and an 8-foot-tall

While most people spent Sunday brunching with their families in honor of Mother’s Day, one Florida woman used the afternoon to reconnect with a different type of maternal figure: Mother Nature. After climbing into a giant Banyan tree, the aforementioned Key West resident was not only in touch with nature, she was stuck there. Read

Slabs of wood fill up shelves and are leaned against every wall and propped up on sawhorses. She stands at a 9-foot wedge of Indian Rosewood, often used to make guitars and considered the Cadillac of locally grown wood. “We look at these trees like treasure chests,” Bocik said as she ran her hand along

“I’m not a tree hugger,” Fulmer said. “I’m a high-tech guy. But trees are what give us oxygen. Trees are important.” So to help people appreciate nature, Fulmer plans to build a cafe in a wooded spot near Sanford where customers can order a cappuccino or latte and then enjoy it in one of the

BRANDON (FOX 13) – A family of six is out of their home and cars Thursday night after a massive tree came toppling down into their yard. Four cars were nearly crushed from the weight of the tree. Strangely, it fell during perfect weather. If any of them had been pulling out of their driveway,

EGMONT KEY, Fla. (WFLA) — Egmont Key State Park remains closed Wednesday due to a wildfire that has burned between 80 and 100 acres on the island, which is at the mouth of Tampa Bay just south of Fort De Soto Park. A lightning strike ignited the wildfire on Tuesday. Florida Fish and Wildlife officials tell News Channel 8 that firefighters

A “black swan” hurricane—a storm so extreme and wholly unprecedented that no one could have expected it—hit the Lesser Antilles Islands in October 1780. Deservedly called The Great Hurricane of 1780, no Atlantic hurricane in history has matched its death toll of 22,000. So intense were the winds of the Great Hurricane that it peeled the

Widening the path through our garage a couple weeks ago, I found a tree limb. Where’d that come from? Our garage holds ancient typewriters, displaced toilets (plumber husband), and pots and pans unworthy of the kitchen but too good to toss. I get that. But a 3-foot branch? I spotted tiny green sprouts on the

An emotional story of survival for a St. Petersburg man after he was shocked by 7,200 volts of electricity while working. Bradley Cater was just days away from his first Father’s Day when he went to work and ended up in critical condition after being shocked by an electric pole while trimming trees. Cater was