#7 (Fall 2008)

Columnists:

• Zone pushing
  • When winter is around the corner
  • Growing exotic Cordyline in colder climate
    • ...What starts out looking like a spiky yucca but ends up looking like a palm tree? No, this isn’t a riddle. It’s an accurate description of the so-called giant dracaena (Cordyline australis), a plant valued for “its emphatic effect and tropical appearance”...
      
      
• Plant clinic
  • Water, water, water... So simple and yet complex.
    • How to water plants? How to determine water needs? What happens to the plant if watered improperly?...
      
      
• Growers of beauty
  • Soursop fruiting in apartment
    • ...Amazing experience of growing Annona muricata (Soursop) from seed and harvesting fruit after years of nourishing and patient waiting...
  • Hand-pollination of Annona flowers
    
    
• Plant science
  • The documentation of plans
    • ...How many times have you been embarrassed, confused, or downright mad at yourself for not properly labeling a plant and recording from where it came?  If it hasn’t happened to you, then you probably have some type of  system for documenting your plant collection or you have a photographic memory.  This brief article will cover a few key elements in the orderly recordation of plants as seen from the eyes of a compulsive documenter...
      
      
• Legendary plants
  • Killer Plants, Part 2. Poisonous plants of Tropics: beautiful and dangerous...
    
    
• Growing outdoors
  • The Mystique of Bamboo
    • ...Bamboo is one of those plants that just seems mysterious and alluring at the same time...
      
      
• Exotic Kaleidoscope
  • Tropical fruit recipes

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