Gardening advice from an urban horticulturist emeritus with the University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service ...

Rudy Fresh Produce in DeLeon Springs offers rare tropical fruits that help customers reconnect with their roots.

A bacterial infection is wiping out Florida's citrus trees. Growers hope a rootstock developed with gene-editing technology ...

Explore Florida factory tours where chocolate, citrus sweets, boats, and everyday products reveal how they are really made.

Red dragon fruit, or pitahaya, is a tropical cactus fruit with vibrant, scaly magenta skin and deep crimson flesh filled with tiny edible black seeds. It tastes mildly sweet and earthy—similar to a ...

MIAMI -- Marc Ellenby has grown just about every tropical fruit imaginable on his family's Redland farm since 1980. Avocados. Sapodillas. Longans. Mameys. But there was one tropical fruit he didn't ...

A gardener's first home-grown dragon fruit is giving new life to a debate many fruit lovers know well: Is dragon fruit actually sweet? After slicing into the brightly colored fruit on camera, the ...

Driving through Florida means passing plenty of hand-painted signs promising fresh oranges and hot boiled peanuts. Some of those stops have been feeding travelers and locals for decades, and they ...

Florida citrus growers are celebrating the latest data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week, signaling real gains toward the resurgence of the state’s citrus production. The USDA ...

Patrick Garvey admires a breadfruit tree growing at Grimal Grove in Big Pine Key. Ashley Miznazi amiznazi@miamiherald.com Patrick Garvey admires a breadfruit tree growing at Grimal Grove in Big Pine ...