Commercial Urban Horticulture
The Commercial Urban Horticulture Program provides educational services that support certification and licensor programs for various commercial clientele. Clientele groups include commercial landscape and interiorscape personnel, landscape architects & designers, arborists, turfgrass managers and public agencies. Some of the various workshops and seminars offered deal with I.P.M. for landscape and nursery personnel, landscape preparation & maintenance, proper tree pruning, ISA arborist certification, pesticide application and safety and sports turf managers.
New Pest Warning for South Florida!
Pink hibiscus mealybug (PHM), Maconellicoccus hirsutus, is a new pest recently discovered in south Florida--in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. As PHM is a serious pest of over 250 species of horticultural and agricultural plants, it is important for everyone to
Arborist Resources
- Ficus Whitefly Management for Professional Use in the Landscape and for Growers (281 MB PDF)
- ISA Certified Arborist List
Palm Pruning (Flash movie) - Poda de Palmas (video Flash)
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Mealybug Resources
- "The Pink Hibiscus Mealybug" USDA Pest Alert (543 KB PDF)
- PHM on the UF-IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- A Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Primer... and Update
(150KB PDF) - Reported Plant Hosts of Pink Hibiscus Mealybug (PHM)
(150KB PDF) - PHM Control Brochure
(733 KB PDF)
1000 copies of this brochure are available in our office--FREE of charge.