loquat tree

Also known as the Japanese plum, the loquat is a small evergreen tree with a dense, rounded, dark green canopy.  It is a well-behaved little shade tree that grows moderately fast and reaches only 25 – 30 feet in shade with a 30 – 35 foot spread, but is often no taller than 15 feet…

moringa

Post is germinating Branch of a fully grown moringa tree with flowers and leaves in West Bengal By J.M.Garg – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Pruning Moringa 2/9/19 Two years ago, in 2017, a friend gave me a stick. I stuck the stick in the ground and watered it. Now I have a monster…

crepe myrtles

Crepe myrtles are among trees with the highest wind resistance (“Wind and Trees: Lessons Learned from Hurricanes”). Here is a good article from Southern Living on how to prune a crape myrtle. Best time to prune is when it’s bare, in late winter. “Once crepe myrtles have bloomed and shed their first flowers, they will…

candlestick senna

The first thing sustainability-minded people usually say about candlestick plant is, “Yay, it’s a host plant for sulphur butterflies to lay their eggs” (of which we in FL are blessed with species ranging from the tiniest sulphur species, the size of a fingernail, to a giant floating flower the size of a tiger swallowtail.) But…

calamondin

By Cody Hough – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link (Post is germinating) Alternate names Panama orange, Philippine lime Classification Latin Name Citris mitis Family Rutacea (rose) Cultivars There is a varigated clone with yellow and green fruit and white-fringed leaves. There is also a dwarf variety. Description Growth Type Small tree Height <= 15′…