Looking for front porch plant ideas? These picks thrive in Florida’s sunny weather while adding charm to your home’s entryway ...

Home and Garden The Plant Doctor: Why do my dwarf firebush shrubs have curled new growths? Uncurl some of the twisted leaves and you are likely to find small green pear shaped insects call aphids.

Firebush is considered one of Florida's best plants for attracting butterflies and birds. Locally, it most often freezes to the ground in winter.

First, let us look at some ways to spice up your summer garden with a little reliable color. A good plant with which to start is crape myrtle.

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin shares advice with area gardeners about desert roses, dwarf fire bush plants, pruning, citrus trees, fertilizer, bird of paradise, pepper plants, oak trees, tomato ...

When selecting a Firebush for the landscape, be sure to choose the native plant, Hamelia patens var. patens. There has been a Firebush often sold in Florida nurseries labeled as a dwarf.

Firebush flowers aren't the showiest blooms, but they are beacons for hummingbirds and butterflies. Vinca handles drought better than many flower varieties but is prone to leaf rollers.

Primrose jasmine grows very rapidly. For full-sun Texas mountain laurel is one of the best choices for a tall, wide deer-proof plant. The native plant will grow to 15 feet tall and 10 feet around.

Hardy in Zones 9B to 11, Dwarf Firebush can be used on most of the Treasure Coast. I think these plants do better closer to the coast in the northern parts of our area.

An interesting instance of how the word "dwarf" — probably justifiably — has raised the ire of some native-plant proponents concerns the dwarf firebush. The firebush (Hamelia patens), native ...

What's causing discord between nursery folk and native-plant enthusiasts is the marketing of a smaller — up to 10 feet tall — firebush as "dwarf firebush," though at first glance they're on ...

Cocoplum, Simpson stopper, pittosporum, podocarpus, dwarf firebush, viburnum suspensum, spicewood, viburnum odoratissimum and arboricola are examples of shrubs that are frequently used in hedges ...