Hybrid Glory Bower Vine – I Planted Roots in Mexico

By Tommy Clarkson on the April 2021 Edition Hybrid Glory Bower Vine Clerodendrum x speciosum Family: Lamiaceae Also known as: Clerodendrom Vine (Before we go one word further, if you’ve read – and remember what I wrote – about the Bleeding Heart (Clerodendrom thomsoniae) in volume I of this series, you already know over 90% of […]

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Narrow-Leaf Chalksticks – I Planted Roots in Mexico

By Tommy Clarkson on the December 2020 Edition Narrow-Leaf Chalksticks Senecio vitalis Family Ateroceae Also known as Blue Chalk Fingers or Senecio (Right now, I am sorely dismayed, displeased and disgusted with a specific species of the insect world. How, why, what and where so? Well, to be specific, it is one particularly horned and ugly […]

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Christmas Cactus – I Planted Roots in Mexico

By Tommy Clarkson on the December 2020 Edition Christmas Cactus Schlumbergera bridgessi Family Cactaceae Also known as Thanksgiving Cactus, Easter Cactus, Holiday Cactus or Crab Cactus (Once again, I am reminded that the mind is a terrible thing to lose – but, then again, that’s taking the premise that I ever really started out with much […]

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