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Cherry Tomato- I Planted Roots in Mexico

June 1, 2013February 4, 2019Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the June 2013 Edition (Esculentum lycopersicum) Family: Solanaceae Also known as: Mexican Midgets Yes, these Cherry tomatoes are, indeed, an important part of the Ola Brisa Gardens plant family. Why you ask? Well, firstly and quite simply, I love to pick and eat fresh tomatoes right off the vine! (It’s a […]

Primavera Tree- I Planted Roots in Mexico

May 1, 2013February 4, 2019Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the May 2013 Edition Cybistax (or Tabebuia) donnel smithii Family: Bignoniaceae (Also called: Gold Tree, Ipe, Trumpet tree, or White Mahogany) This is one of nature’s most beautiful harbingers of a tropical spring! When the hills are splotched with thousands of bright and beautiful floral explosions of brilliant yellow, we may […]

Pink Trumpet Tree

May 1, 2013January 27, 2018Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the May 2013 Edition (Tabebuia impetiginosa) Family: Bignoniaceae (Also called: Pink Trumpet Tree, Purple Trumpet Tree, Pink (or Purple) Lapacho, Lavender Trumpet tree, Tecoma, White Cedar, Quebracho, Pau d’Arco or Ipe) What a bright flash of color when nature seems a bit drab prior to the seasonal rains! In fact, no […]

Secret Gardens

April 1, 2013January 27, 2018Suzanne A. Marshall

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2013 Edition Over the past winters here in Manzanillo and on trips to other interesting destinations in Mexico, I’ve often marveled and wondered at the unique (at least for me) long narrow streets of flat concrete walls, doorways and bricked or cobbled pathways. Sometimes they are broken by […]

Madagascar Dragon Tree- I Planted Roots in Mexico

April 1, 2013February 4, 2019Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the April 2013 Edition Dracaena Marginata Family: Agavaceae, Ruscaceae or Dracaenaceae (Opinions, obviously, vary!) (Also known as Dragon Tree, Red Edged Dracaena, Money Tree or Rainbow Tree) Now that’s a name to conjure all sorts of intriguing images, is it not? But at least we needn’t puzzle over from what region […]

Flora Exotica

March 1, 2013January 28, 2018Manzanillo Sun Writer

By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2013 Edition with many thanks to the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens Forever it seems; orchids have been a joy to me, the delicacy of the flowers the transparency and waxy feel of the petals and the glorious colours. Oh those glorious colours. We were lucky several years ago […]

Foxtail Palm- I Planted Roots in Mexico

March 1, 2013February 4, 2019Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the March 2013 Edition Wodyetia bifurcata Family: Areceae; Sub Family Arecoideae This is a pleasingly unique and delightful looking palm that originally grew in Northeastern Australia. It is named after Wodyeti, an Aboriginal bushman, said to be the last of his line and a veritable treasure trove of knowledge regarding this […]

Tiny and Amazing

February 1, 2013January 28, 2018Suzanne A. Marshall

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2013 Edition Sitting on my small terrace one morning having coffee, I thought I heard the hum of a bumble bee in my bougainvillea, which were in full bloom with brilliant fuschia colored flowering branches cascading down over the planter. As a bumble bee lover, I got closer […]

Swamp Lily

February 1, 2013January 28, 2018Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the February 2013 Edition Crinum augustum (Queen Emma) Family: Amaryllidaceas (Also known as: Crinum, Crinum Lily, Cape Lily, River Lily,Mangrove Lily, Spider Lily, Milk Lily, Wine Lily or Spider Lily.) Is mine, in fact, a Crinum augustum? It seems to meet the physical description criteria. The renowned tropical plant authority, W. […]

Elegant Schefflera

January 1, 2013January 28, 2018Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2013 Edition Dizygotheca elegantissima, Aralia elegantissima or Schefflera elegantissima Family: Arabia, Araliace or Schefflera (Also known as False Aralia, Finger Aralia, Spider Aralia, or Thread-Leaf Aralia) No, this is not pot, hemp, ganga, Mary Jane, swag or any of its other scores of names! (You know of what we […]

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