This is a 3-year old Peanut Butter Tree (Bunchosia argentea) that we introduced in earlier post. It's the second year it's been fruiting. Delicious fruit!
Bunchosia argentea - Peanut Butter Tree, earns its name from its fleshy fruits that boast a delightful peanut butter flavor.
🎀 What is our most favorite Ginger plant? African Princess!
👸 The most beautiful Ginger flower, in our opinion, is Costus fissiligulatus - African Princess, or Cameroon Costus - an amazing flowering Ginger from Gabon in West Africa.
👸 Dazzling pink trumpet flower with a yellow throat. It is very floriferous with an inflorescence of numerous flower buds.
👸 Low-growing plant only 3-4 ft that stands very erect.
👸 Easy grower with similar growing requirements to other gingers.
💻 What is your most favorite ginger? Share in comments!
🍾 How to make exotic Passion Fruit Champagne Slush
Halve passion fruits crosswise and scoop out pulp with seeds into a bowl. Sprinkle sugar over the pulp. Let sit at room temperature for an hour. Stir in lime juice and boiling-hot water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour through a fine sieve, pressing on solids, then discard the seeds. Freeze in ice cube tray. Once frozen, add 1 cube per champagne flute, then slowly add the champagne.
Makes 6 cocktails:
✔️ 10 passion fruits ✔️ 1/2 cup sugar ✔️ 1 tbsp lime juice ✔️ 1/4 cup boiling hot water ✔️ 1 chilled bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine
😍 How to cover an ugly spot with a fragrance and and beauty, stop and smell the roses
🌹 Our Quisqualis vine - Rangoon Creeper - has grown over a roof of our water treatment system (which wasn't the prettiest view!). Now every time we pass by we have to "stop and smell the roses". It is so beautiful, and it does smell like roses!
🌹 It's scent is unforgettable, fruity and intoxicating... The flowers are born in clusters and each flower has many variations of color, depending on how old the flower is.
🟠 Madame Fransis - dark orange pulp, slightly fibrous, robust, meaty like a steak, good with cognac. A little pulpy but unique flavor.
🟠 Diamond - bright yellow, fiberless, sugary, juicy, no pulp at all, classic mango taste, good with ice cream, "wow" taste!
🟠 Pickering - zesty, waterfall: all the flavors come at once, eat with White wine and/or a cake. Oval fruit somewhat flat, very large for a dwarf tree!
🟠 Baptiste - hint of citrus, melts in your mouth, dark orange flesh, crisp, eat with Red wine and cheese.
🟠 Florigon - creamy, buttery, spicy. Eat with Ice cream!
🟠 Tommy Atkins - has a bit zing to it, perfect consistency, perfect taste. Super colorful, crimson red to purple skin!
Colorful Mexican Clay
Pottery:
Now available at our Garden Center!
Pick up only, no shipping
We've listened to your requests for beautiful planters and pots, and now we're excited to introduce these new items for our local
customers!
Discover the charm of Mexican pottery with this handcrafted Talavera clay planter! Each pot is hand-painted with colorful flowers and geometric patterns, making every piece a unique work of art. Plus, it comes with a handy drainage hole to keep your plants happy and healthy!
Handcrafted in Mexico. Each pot has a unique, author's design. Exact details of pattern and color saturation vary.
