Native to Central America, guava trees are considered invasive in Hawaii and parts of Florida. It easily escapes cultivation in warm regions around the world and naturalizes in wild areas.

Cuban immigrants laid the foundations for Tampa’s fusion cuisine. Now a new generation of chefs is taking innovation to a new ...

As climate change complicates growing the region's historically emblematic crops, like olives and lemons, Amata is seeing ...

Plants grow fast in Florida, so plant appropriately. There will be many hard-to-find native plants available. Oak trees provide a ... and non-native pineapple guava. Plus, spring vegetable plants ...

Twelve years ago, Vincenzo Amata stumbled upon a plot of flowering trees while wandering the Sicilian ... mangosteen, and guava (although botanically unrelated, the tropical fruits are often ...

Individual fruit weight (FW): determined using a semi-analytical scale, with the weight expressed in g; Fruit length (FL): measured along the longitudinal ... Phenology, yield and fruit quality of ...

Ever since he was a child, Charles Humes Jr. knew himself to be an observer. And – thanks to whatever forces dictate an artist’s creative influence, be it nature, nurture ...

This is Martin County's first Florida Champion Tree. St. Lucie County has one and Indian River County has seven. See the list ...