Yet elephants always seem to avoid one particular type of acacia tree called Acacia drepanolobium, also known as the whistling-thorn tree. What sets these acacias apart is the ants that inhabit them.

A: Try to push the tree along with light but frequent feedings. Put the magnolia on a schedule, giving it a 16-4-8 fertilizer or similar product every four to six weeks.

From Florida natives to non-natives that like our climate, here's a list of flowering trees that do well in coastal Central Florida. ... Small thorns are produced on the trunk.

There are many varieties of crown of thorns. Some are dwarfs and grow 6-10 inches tall and wide, and others grow up to 4 feet tall and wide. Be sure to choose one with a growth habit that matches ...

Gardening: Injury from palm thorn won't heal. Stephen Brown. ... It's true to say that all of south Florida's native trees flower, but having conspicuous flowers is another matter.

This small tree contributes to the festive atmosphere of autumn in North Florida and provides nesting space and food for birds and other wildlife. It does have sharp thorns so plant it away from ...

These trees are native to Florida. Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) is deciduous, 12 to 20 feet tall and 10 to 15 feet wide. White flowers are produced in the spring and are followed by berries ...

When this “mutualism” is working well, Acacia trees provide ants with swollen thorns, which serve as nesting sites; and nectar, which the ants collect from the bases of Acacia leaves. In return for ...

It all starts with the whistling-thorn acacia trees in the plains of Laikipia, Kenya. A male lion, Panthera leo, resting and yawning near a stand of acacia trees on the savanna in Mara National ...