University of Florida Extension ServiceUF/IFAS Okeechobee County Extension Service

458 Highway 98 North

Okeechobee, FL 34972-2578

Phone: (863) 763-6469

Holiday Horticulture & Plant Columns

Subject Title Date Published

Amaryllis

Showy Amaryllis Comes Inside for the Holidays December 5, 2007

Anthuriums

Tropical Anthuriums for Holiday Color December 7, 2005

Christmas Cactus

Colorful Christmas Cactus Care December 8, 2004

Christmas Palm         

Christmas Palm December 6, 2006        
Christmas Trees

Buy a Real Christmas Tree

November 23, 2005

Buy a Real Christmas Tree -  Revised for 2006!  November 23, 2006
Choosing Your Christmas Tree  November 30, 2003
Get REAL Christmas Trees!   (Live, Cut or Fake?)   Deember 1, 2011
Got Trees?   November 29, 2006
Real Trees for Trimming   November 24, 2004

Tabletop Christmas Trees (Houseplants)

December 1, 2004

Our Native Christmas Pine (Sand Pine) November 21, 2007

Cyclamen

New Greens for Holiday Giving  December 13, 2006

Frankincense

Three Ancient Gifts (Frankincense & Myrrh) December 15, 2004

Gleaning

The Gift of Gleaning December 19, 2007

Holly

Hollies for the Holidays November 21, 2006

holly on stamp

Ivy

Spread Holiday Cheer with Ivy

 November 30, 2005

Christmas Ivy and Holly

Mistletoe

Kiss Karefully with Mistletoe  December 17, 2003
Mistletoe Stamp
Holidays are Sealed with Mistletoe December 20, 2006
Myrrh

 Three Ancient Gifts (Frankincense & Myrrh)

December 15, 2004

Poinsettia

New Greens for Holiday Giving (Poinsettias are Big Business) December 13, 2006

2006 UF Poinsettia Field Day 

December 14, 2006
Perfect Poinsettias December 3, 2003
Reindeer Paws

New Greens for Holiday Giving  

 

December 13, 2006

Reindeer Paws stamp

Rosemary

An Aromatic Gift  (Rosemary) December 12, 2007

Rosmary stamp

Safety

Preventing Holiday Fires December 10, 2003

Fireplace

Snowflake Euphorbia

New Greens for Holiday Giving December 13, 2006

Snowflake Euphorbia stamp

Snow Weed

Largeflower Pusley

 There's Snow in Florida!  December 15, 2011

Wreaths

Surround Yourself with Holiday Greens (Christmas Wreaths) November 28, 2007

 These evergreen postage stamps are now available at your  Post office  

If you don't use them this year, you can use them whenever you want - they are good -FOREVER!

 Happy Holidays &

Go GATORS!

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