Allspice – Pimenta Dioica (2)

A gardening friend emailed me. “We found the allspice plant. It doesn’t look the one you have. It’s different,” he said. My heart sank right down to my toes. Had I been taken for a ride? “What do you mean? What’s different?” I asked. “The leaves,” came the reply. The leaves of the allspice I [...]

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Mandevilla

I was briefly acquainted with the Mandevilla; twice in fact. But both encounters were fleeting at best. It was easy to fall for the Mandevilla. It’s a handsome specimen with glossy ovate leaves and blooms that look like a cross between a plumeria and an alamanda. Its climbing habit gives the Mandevilla a grace that [...]

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