Florida is the caladium capital of the country, and the vast majority of these are grown in Highlands County, especially in the Lake Placid area.

Each gardening season seems to offer new growing challeng­es. Our gardens are exposed to more drastic and variable weather with changing weath­er patterns. Floods, droughts, wind, temperature extremes ...

Have you started planning your garden for this year? I’ve already seen the ads on social media, and the hardware store has their spring bulbs for sale.

Mexican fencepost cactuses are most commonly grown outside, but did you know this spiky, upright plant can also thrive ...