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Caribbean Garden at Bamboo Grove

Photo of Mature Plant or Fruit

Name

Size

No. in Ground

Photo of Young Plant at Bamboo Grove

Native To

Allspice (culinary spice) We purchased this tree from a garden club at the 2000 Fairchild Ramble, Coral Gables, FL for $18.

8'

1

Caribbean

Allspice, Lemon
(culinary spice)
We purchased this tree from Richard Lyons Nursery, 2001, for $15.

2'

1

Caribbean

Barbados Cherry
(Acerola)
3 in Garden, 1 is "Florida Sweet" variety that we won in the Rare Fruit Council International's raffle. The second was purchased from Ray's Nursery in Miami for $18, and planted with the help & prayers of Sol Motta in 2000. The third was a gift from Rene Morales (which he purchased from Hopkin's Nursery, Davie, for $15).
(edible fruits, extremely high in Vitamin C, possibly the highest plant sorce)

6' & 8'

3

Caribbean

Buccaneer Palm
or Cherry Palm
(edible fruit)
Endangered in its' native Haiti. (We purchased this palm tree at the annual Palm Show & Sale at Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, FL for $35 (March 2001).

- Died -

18"

1

Haiti

Barbados Flower Fence, Orange-flowered
(Dwarf Poinciana)

5'

1

Caribbean

Barbados Flower Fence, Yellow
(Dwarf Poinciana)
(from Elva Nursery, Miami)

 

3'

 

 

1

 

 

Caribbean

 

Bay Rum
(aromatic leaves, used to make natural cologne) We purchased this seedling from Suzie Lessard, Lessard's Organic Farm in 2001 for $6.

18"

1

Caribbean

Black Calabash
(gourds crafted into bowls, cups, etc.) We purchased this tree from Excalibur Nursery,
Lake Worth, FL,
for $15 (3-31-01).

6'

1

Caribbean

Blue Taro
(edible cooked root)
Purchased at the 27th Annual Sale sponsoered by the Rare Fruit & Vegetable Society of Broward County for $5.

10"

1

Caribbean

Cashew, Yellow
Purchased from Ray's Nursery, Miami, for $18 (2000). It currently is host to a Red-wing Blackbird's nest!

8'

1

Caribbean

Cassava
(also called Yuca, Manihot, or Tapioca)
(edible cooked root)

5"

5

Caribbean

Cassava,
Variegated
(also called Yuca, Manihot, or Tapioca)
This form is rather rare. (edible cooked root)

6'

1

Caribbean

 

Dutchman's Pipe
(Pelican Flower) Aristolochia grandiflora,(ornamental vine)
Purchased at Parker Sod Nursery, Miami.

- Died -

2'

1

Caribbean

Frangipani, "Aztec Gold"
We purchased this tree from Richard Lyons Nursery, Miami, 2001, for $20.

-

Garlic Vine
We purchased this vine from Elva Nursery, Miami.

-

-

-

Genip
(Mamoncillo)
(edible raw fruit pulp)
Also called Spanish Lime.We purchased this tree from Excalibur Nursery, Lake Worth, FL for $35 (3-31-01)

4'

1

-

Jasmine, Night-blooming
(fragrant flowers)

3'

1

-

Lucky-Nut, Orange-flowered
(ornamental flowering shrub, poisonous parts) We purchased this beautiful tree from Richard Lyons Nursery, Miami, 2001, for $15.

6"

1

-

Malanga (Yautia)
(edible cooked root)

1-3'

25?

-

Malanga, Islandia
or Pink Malanga
(edible cooked root)

1'

8?

-

Malanga, Root
(edible cooked root)

1'

5?

-

Mamee Apple
(edible raw fruit) We purchased this tree from Excalibur Nursery, Lake Worth, FL for $75 (3-31-01). The original came from an outstanding variety just outside the office of Chris Rollins, director at the Fruit & Spice Park, Miami, and was grafted onto a "Krome" seedling.

3'

1

-

Pinguin
(edible bromeliad fruit)
We purchased this bromeliad from Excalibur Nursery, Lake Worth, FL, 2001, for $20.

2'

1

-

Pitch Apple, Dwarf (ornamental)

2'

1 (pot)

-

Queen's Wreath
Petrea
(ornamental vine)
We purchased this flowering vine from Richard Lyon's Nursery, 2001, for $15.

2'

1

-

Soursop, "Asbana"
(Guanabana)
(edible raw fruit)

We purchased this tree from Robert Barnum at Possum Trot Nursery, Miami for $18, Feb. 2001. He traveleed to Costa Rica, where he obtained this very large-fruiting variety from the ASBANA Station there.

3'

1

-

Wild Cotton
(Gossypium hirsutum)
(cotton-like fibers for pillow stuffing, clothing, etc., poisonous seeds)
We purchased these shrubs from the Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Miami Beach, FL, summer 2001, 3 for $5.

6'

(Grows to 8-16')

3

-

Yellow Elder
Tecoma stans
(fragrant flowering shrub) We purchased this shrub from Richard Lyons Nursery, Miami, FL 2001, for $10.

8'

1

-

 

We are looking for the following plants to add to our Caribbean Garden,
if you know of any sources, please contact us:

- FRUIT TREES & SHRUBS -

Cuban Mangosteen, Rheedia aristata, fruiting small tree, (from Garden of Delights, Davie, FL).

Cotopriz, large fruit tree , very similar to Genip, (from Maurica Kong, Kendall, FL).

Soursop (Guanabana), named varieties other than ours from the ASBANA Station in Costa Rica. (from Excalibur Nursery, Lake Worth, FL)

- FRUITING VINES -

Sweet Cup, Passiflora maliformis? (Excalibur has P. alata)

Barbados Gooseberry Vine, Pereskia?, an edible-fruitied climbing cactus.

- EDIBLE-FRUITING CACTI -

Nopal, Opuntia nopal

Opuntia tuna

- NUT TREES -

Red Cashew, (from Native Habitat, Vero Beach, FL)

- VEGETABLES, HERBS, ETC. -

Tipi-Tambu, (from Maurice Kong, Kendall, FL).

West Indian Arrowroot, Maranta arundinacea (possibly from ECHO, N. Fort Myers, FL)

Jamaican Cucumber (West Indian Gherkin), Cucumis anguria, for pickling (mentioned in Seed Savers Inventory 2000)

Jack Bean (Chickasaw Lima), Canavalia ensiformis

- FRAGRANT FLOWERS -

Frangipanis, Plumeria, various named varieties, (from Stokes Tropicals & Richard Lyons Nursery, Miami)

- ORNAMENTAL VINES -

Dutchman's Pipe, Aristolochia grandiflora (from Parker Sod, Miami)

- USEFUL PLANTS -

Thatch Palm, Thrinax parviflora, leaves used for thatching rooves.

Thatch Palm, Thrinax radiata, leaves used for thatching rooves.

- MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS -

Old Man Palm, (from Excalibur, $50 for 3 gal. or $25)

 

 

For more information or questions, please contact Andy Firk at:
863-993-3228 (farm)
M-F 7am-5pm (EST)

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