Treasure Coast farms suffered devastating losses from record-breaking February cold, impacting local agriculture and growers' livelihoods.

The nursery reported 6,000 Clusia shrubs and 10,000 palms were lost following a 26-degree freeze, with winds up to 30 mph in early February.

With so much construction going on throughout South Florida and Palm Beach, new hedges are inevitably being planted everywhere. Ficus (Ficus benjamina) has been banned due to the whitefly infestation ...