The latest dirt from my garden

The Japanese Snowbell is a beautiful small tree. Rounded and horizontally layered. 3/4-inch bell-shaped white flowers with yellow stamens. ...

Sounds gross doesn't? But really isn't. The strange fruit is also named Decaisnea fargesii, Bluebean, Blue Sausage and Blue Cucumber...

And the plant saga continues. Happy New Year 2011. There is a conversation piece or two or three. Handmade natural Moss Jewelry. Silver plat...

  Known commonly as Jequirity, Crab's Eye, Rosary Pea, 'John Crow' Bead, Precatory bean, Hung Tou. The Rosary pea is a small...

I was waiting for these seeds forever. The only other company selling fresh seeds got bid into the $30 dollar range for 5 seeds.  This rare ...

Stumbled upon during research: Impatiens psittacina Hook.f. The Thailand Parrot Flower Dork Nok Khaew Flower Bird Parrot These delic...

We have a new "Baby". I just bought a Duchman's Pipe, a Aristolochia trilobata to be exact. The Aristolochia trilobata has bo...

Who would have thought, a Tropical Dogwood. Look these massive beautiful blooms. Mussaenda is a rounded evergreen tropical shrub or sub-sh...

What a stunning vine! Off and shopping I go. Will update shortly with info about this gorgeous super rare collector vine.... Update. Got ...

Wow, pumpkins on a stick! A most unusual and rare plant in the Eggplant family. It is usually grown through out mountainous areas of Asia. ...

Recently I have reconnected with a person from my past. The experience was associated with sweet and bitter memories and she unknowingly p...

Silver Princess Eucalyptus Eucalyptus caesia magna The new seeds are planted and happy in trays. Lets see how it goes... This beauty i...

We've started the seeds. This one will be a bonsai. When buying seeds from Australia, note that many of the seeds need a smoke pre-trea...

An Asian friend of mine introduced me to this incredible fruit, so I had to just run and get one. It's distinctive flavor is melt-in-you...

It's getting hot here!! Hope this helps all of us :) Melon Margarita Ingredients: 1.5 cup melon puree (see below) Best are Piel de ...

Tamarillo also known as the Tree tomato is an exotic edible fruit that is native to the tropical parts of South America. The word tamar...

Lately I've been getting fascinated by vertical gardens and discovered during research the artist Partick Blanc. This is a direct quote ...

This striking flower is an original species of Hibiscus. It is frequently used as a parent in the modern hybrids. It forms an arching shrub ...

Canary Bellflower is a beautiful herbaceous climbing perennial with bluish green leaves, slightly succulent stems and a tuberous root. Ma...

Bhut Jolokia, a variety of chile pepper originating in Assam, India, has earned Guiness World Records' recognition as the world's h...

What stunning specimen. After the freeze here on the gulf coast seems to ravish most of my tropical's I was unable to cover, we'll s...

Our precious Fig tree was ravished by the hard freeze a couple months ago. I had such great hopes, but ended up with shriveled up rotten fr...

I found this rare flower at my favorite seed shop. Looks like a Brugmansia Angel Trumpet and found it research worthy. It's actually a ...

Anyone? I can't locate any usable info at all on this plant! It was called "Beard Dianthus" and had no botanical name - that d...

What an unusual species and, of course, nowhere to be found for purchase. It appears that this plant is patented and very much restricted to...