NEW ARRIVALS

A breathtaking beauty, Alocasia odora is excellent for creating a lush tropical look to gardens. Resembling large Elephant ears, these brilliant leaves are wonderfully fragrant, most particuarly at night. These plants are mainly valued for their gorgeous leaves, which are very large, heart-shaped, but they also produce small, calla-like fragrant flower spathes.
Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings. Very high moisture needs; suitable for bogs and water gardens.

Governors plum, Madagascar Plum, Batoko palm - is a tropical or subtropical small shrubby tree. It is cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums. The fruits are about one inch wide and can be eaten fresh or made into preserves. They are sweet and sour, with a texture and flavor similar to a plum. Fruits mature after one to two months from flowering.
The tree is easy to grow, self-fertile and doesn't require much care, not fussy about soil and very forgiving if you forget to water it.
Seeds germinate readily, but it takes a while until the seedling is ready to be transplanted into a big pot or in the ground, a few months.

Lady Di heliconia - the living tribute to Princess Diana. It's a vigorous plant and prolific warm-season bloomer. Grows 3-4 feet tall. grows in partial shade to full sun. Inflorescence has 5 to 8 dark red bracts. Good heliconia for pot culture. This is a very hardy plant, needing little attention once established.

This rare plant originates from Papua New Guinea and was first described in 1913. The flower is very fragrant and can infuse your entire house in a beautiful lilac scent. This vigorous grower makes a perfect houseplant with velvety leaves and fragrant white flowers sporting red centers. Each flower is almost 1" wide and they are borne in clusters that appear when the day length shortens in fall and winter. It can be grown in a pot with a trellis or in a hanging basket. The sweet scent of the flowers fills the air when Hoya calycina is in bloom.

Thornless variety Taiwan. The thornless Indian jujube, sweet and it is crisp like an apple. Indian Jujube, Chinese Date - The fruits have medicinal use and are considered to be cooling and tonic. Grafted plants, fruiting size.
These small acid fruits are liked by children as well as by adults. A small spreading tree, with drooping branches grows readily and quickly on poor ground. Even moderately saline soils are tolerated. The tree will thrive without any special care. All parts of the plant have medicinal uses. Jujube is widely cultivated China and India. The Chinese have been growing and eating jujubes for more than four thousand years and have more jujube trees than any other type of fruit tree.
See Article about Jujube: The tree of Happiness - a tree which removes sorrow.

Longan Sri Champoo - superior variety with pinkish fruit.
Longan is a medium sized tree from China, it can be pruned to maintain a small tree size. This lychee relative has stiffer leaves, more wind resistance and fruits more prolifically and regularly than its famous cousin. The flesh is sweet and is usually eaten fresh but can be canned or dried. The crisp skin is easy to remove and the white flesh has a texture and sweetness reminiscent of litchi.

This Indian / Indo-Chinese hybrid fruits consistently every year. It is a Haden seedling, and much like the Haden it is a Florida favorite. It has a very attractive appearance with a mild, very sweet flavor. The fruit is virtually fiberless. Excellent eating quality, consistent production, and effortless to grow. It is easy to determine when to pick because the fruit will turn yellow at its base. Relatively cold hardy variety. The seed is elongated.
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Thai mango, longer like Nam Doc Mai, eaten green crispy, sweet, eaten ripe yellow (soft, fiberless)

Commonly referred to as The Queen of Mangos. This Indian mango is often compared to the Alphonso with a sweet taste, and its small golden fruit are enjoyed raw and ripe. Fruiting season is May to July.
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This unique variety has a tart, yet sweet flavor with a wonderful "lemony" aroma - hence the name. Everyone who tastes this fruit loves it! It is originally from Burma, where it is known as Pu Pyi Klai. The fruit is extremely fungus resistant.
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O-15 is a brand new variety just released! It is so new that still has the experimental name as you see! But those who tried it, say that it may be the best mango they ever tasted!
I was bred from Jakarta seedling. It is a medium-sized mango, ovately shaped and turning yellow at maturity. The flesh is fiberless, yellow, and firm. The flavor is excellent, highly resinous, reminiscent of Jakarta but probably sweeter, belonging in the Indian/West Indian flavor class. The original tree is productive, and the fruit tend to ripen in a very short span, only a couple weeks!
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'Okrung' is an excellent Thai cultivar introduced to Florida in 1973. Thai-cultivar, green-yellow fruit eaten while green. The fruit is traditionally served in Thailand in combination with sticky rice. One of the most popular varieties in Thailand. The fruit is very sweet, with the highest sugar content of any mango tested in Florida. It has a strong Indo-Chinese flavor and is somewhat fibrous. The fruit are small, hand in clusters and drop off the tree when ripe.
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Orange Sherbet (Orange sorbet) is new variety producing medium size bright yellow fruit when mature. Fruit weighs up to one pound. One of the best new varieties for backyard growing. Flesh has no fiber. Excellent sweet taste. Flavor is sweet citrus-orange and less lemony than Lemon Meringue mango. Tree is moderately vigorous.

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Snake Plant - Very showy and unusual variety of common "Mother-in-Law-tongue". Leaves are tall rounded deep green spikes.

Sansevieria gracilis is very rare and not common n cultivation. It has graceful, tall cylindrical leaves and delightful, intensely sweet scented flowers.

Carambola, local Florida variety Possum Gold large, round fruit, very sweet and juicy.
Small symmetrical tree. Fruits very prolifically. Fruit is star-shaped when cut across the middle. It has a sweet, watery, slightly acid, pleasant tasting pulp. Eaten fresh, in salads, as garnishes, in drinks or preserved. Mature trees may survive light frost but young trees must be protected from frost and especially - wind. The plant will fruit in container even when in small size (2-3 ft). Season: August - March.

Carambola variety Sri Kembangan - Thai variety with elongated fruit, 5-6 inches long, bright yellow-orange flesh, very sweet and juicy. Firm flesh and few seeds make it excellent dessert fruit.
Small symmetrical tree. Fruits very prolifically. Fruit is star-shaped when cut across the middle. It has a sweet, watery, slightly acid, pleasant tasting pulp. Eaten fresh, in salads, as garnishes, in drinks or preserved. Mature trees may survive light frost but young trees must be protected from frost and especially - wind. The plant will fruit in container even when in small size (2-3 ft). Season: August - March.

Wax Jamboo, Wax Jambu, Java Apple. Pink / red fruit cultivar. Fruit is thin-skinned, shiny, pear shaped with long neck. Flesh is pink, mildly fragrant, juicy, and sweet. Usually eaten fresh mainly as a thirst quencher and in salads. Has a cooling effect which makes it useful as a summertime fruit.

Loquat, Japanese Plum. This is a seedling from the named variety Champagne. Medium to large white fleshed fruit. Fruits are excellent quality - melting and very juicy.
Loquat is very hardy fruit tree, easy to grow, drought tolerant, fast growing.
More about Loquat:
- Article
- Video
- PDF download. Overlooked fruit: tasty Loquat recipes. (from Tropical Treasures Magazine).

Loquat Gold Nugget has extra large sweet fruit. Very cold hardy fruit tree, easy to grow, drought tolerant, fast growing. Fruit are large size, yellow orange flesh, mildly sweet with very small seed inside. In Florida fruit ripens in late February-March. Fruit is great for eating fresh or making jam.
More about Loquat:
- Article
- Video
- PDF download. Overlooked fruit: tasty Loquat recipes. (from Tropical Treasures Magazine).

Loquat Sherry. Early fruiting, March - April, low acid, very bright fruit.
More about Loquat:
- Article
- Video
- PDF download. Overlooked fruit: tasty Loquat recipes. (from Tropical Treasures Magazine).