The latest dirt from my garden

Hibiscus mutabilis versicolor - A beauty with many names, the two most common names being Confederate Rose Hibiscus or Dixie Rose Mallow. Co...

  What a show this beauty is! It's a perennial and it doesn't reseed. Ipomoea acuminata learii or Ipomoea indica. Blue Dawn or Ocea...

Very cool plant that grows into a small tree like shrub and provides a delicious harvest. Pigeon peas, or Congo peas and Gungo peas, Cajanus...

  Tithonia diversifolia, also known as Bolivian Sunflower, Tree Marigold and Mexican Sunflower is a wonderful perennial subtropical plant ...

What do we have here? Rare 18th century heirloom. Finally got my hands on some Nine Star Perennial Broccoli. Nearly impossible to find in t...

Happy Halloween! How about that! This in an interesting aquatic food that grows well in a container.  The Ling Nut, Trapa bicormis, is a flo...

Mandrakes are stemless, perennial herbs with dark green leaves, resembling somewhat the leaves of chard and a have large taproots that c...

The most sought after Calceolaria. Native to the Falkland Islands, Calceolaria fothergillii is a hardy little plant, forming a rosette of...

  Very unusual, rare and exotic looking prehistoric specimen Tree.   The Monkey Puzzle Tree is an exotic South American evergreen tree t...

It's real, however real seeds are hard to get to.  Called a green birdflower or regal birdflower, this stunning plant belongs to the le...

The Star Creeper Lobelia nummularia is a herbaceous perennial ground-cover, native to Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Demure, white...

Waratah is the Aboriginal word for the NSW Waratah Telopea speciosissima. Telopea is from the Greek telepos meaning "seen from afar...

Fagraea ceilanica, the perfume flower bush, is classified under the Loganiaceae family. This evergreen plant can be pruned back to maintai...