The Central Florida Amateur Gardener

The Central Florida Amateur Gardener

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Welcome to our Web pages about gardening in Central Florida. We began a garden in a town about 25 miles northwest of Orlando when we were relatively new to Florida. We were interested in finding out which of the more interesting flowering trees and other ornamental plants do well in this area. Our observations along with photographs taken in the garden were presented in a series of monthly newsletters that started with the August 1996 issue. An electronic garden tour in installments can begin (below) in this home page with a look under a camphor tree. A directory of accessible newsletters is located under the photograph.

Under a Camphor Tree
June 1997

The camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora ), a natural source of camphor, is native to the Far East. Our camphor tree provided a shady spot to relax and cool off.

Directory

The Central Florida Amateur Gardener - Home Page
August-September 1988 - Firespike
The Central Florida Amateur Gardener - August 1997 - Papayas
September 1997 - Gingers
September 1997 - Garden Scenes
October 1998 - Confederate Rose
October 1997 - Jatrophas
November 1998 - Night-Blooming Jessamine
November 1997 - Palm Trees
November 1997 - More Palm Trees
November 1997 - Garden Scenes - Beautyberry
December 1997 - Valencia Orange Tree
December 1997 - Garden Scenes
January 1999 - Candy Corn
January 1998 - Fuchsia Skullcap and Chinese Fingernail Sage
January 1998 - Garden Scenes - Carolina Cherry Laurel Tree
February 1998 - Paperwhites
February 1998 - Michelia
February 1998 - Hibiscus
February 1998 - Garden Scenes - Robins
March 1998 - Coontie
March 1998 - Garden Scenes - Grape Hyacinth and Coleus
March 1997 - Orchid Tree
March 1997 - Garden Scenes - Wildflowers
March 1997 - Central Florida Scenes
April 1998 - Some Garden Additions
April 1998 - Coral Bean
April 1998 - Garden Scenes
April 1997 - Valencia Orange Tree, Golden Trumpet Tree, and Fringe Tree
April 1997 - Garden Scenes
May 1998 - Easter Lilies
May 1998 - Ranunculus
May 1998 - Garden Scenes
May 1997 - Curcuma Ginger and Dogwood
May 1997 - Garden Scenes - The South Border and the North Walk
May 1997 - Central Florida Scenes - Roadside Flowers and a Flowering Tree
June 1998 - Bleeding Heart
June 1998 - Hibiscus and Foxglove
June 1998 - Garden Scenes
June 1997 - Sweetbay Magnolia and Yellow Poplar
June 1997 - Garden Scenes - Day Lilies and Japanese Maple
July 1998 - Various Flowers
July 1998 - Garden Scenes - Persian Shield
July 1997 - Tibouchina
July 1997 - Mallow
July 1997 - Thryallis
July 1997 - Cassia Tree and Flower
July 1997 - Garden Scenes - Tuscarora Crape Myrtle
July 1997 - Cemtral Florida Scenes - Eucalyptus Tree
February Garden Diary
March Garden Diary
April Garden Diary
May Garden Diary
June Garden Diary
July Garden Diary

Added note: The gardening pages for the years 1997 and 1998 are posted here. We ended the series in January 1999.

E-mail address: flgardener@aol.com