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Jacaranda
Tree Jacaranda
mimosafolia D. Don or Jacaranda acutifolia HUMB.
and BONPL. or Jacaranda cuspidifolia
Just after dropping its feathery leaves, the jacaranda bursts into purple blooms.
It is maybe best identified by the seed pods which are almost always hanging
from the tree, but don't mistake it for a flamboyant which has similar seed pods.
It reaches its full height of forty to sixty feet when mature when it will also
have a fifty foot spread. It is a common tree in Taxco and in almost all parts
of Mexico.
Benefits: In
Panama the bark is used in treating skin diseases.
From: The jacaranda originated in Brazil according to one botanist
or in northwestern Argentina according to another. Still
others believe its origin to have been in Mexico, Central and South America and
the
Caribbean.
The Jacaranda is also very common in South Africa, so who knows?
Photograph: These photographs were taken in Colonia Reforma, a suburb
of
Oaxaca, Mexico.
Planting and Care: It does best in full sun and it will tolerate a long
dry season, eight months in most of Mexico. Jacarandas do not do particularly
well in very windy locations.
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**Jade
Plant, Jade Tree, Gollum Jade, Succulent Spoon Jade Shrek
Plant, Trumpet Jade, Money Plant Crassula
ovata, Crassula ovata, Crassula argentea
This is a very appealing plant with thick deep green fleshy leaves on stems that
make the overall plant look like a tiny ancient tree. They are very easy to grow
either as house plants or outside where there is no frost. They will get quite
large when they are happy.
Benefits:
From: South Africa
Planting and Growth: Jade plants like good light and can handle
the Caribbean sun, but preferably only in the early morning. If you plant them
in your garden, do so in an area that receives some sun and regular rainfall
or you'll have to do light watering.
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Photograph: In
a garden in Colonia Reforma, a suburb of Oaxaca,
Mexico.
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Photographed: In
Parque de la Leyendas, Lima, Peru, in 2013.
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Jamaican
Forget-Me-Not, Bushviolet, Amethyst Flower Browallia
americana
This is a warm climate perennial that comes with white, blue or purple blossoms.
Benefits:
From: Tropical Americas
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan
on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Planting and Care: This plant does best in semi shade planted
in a rich soil and given plenty of rainfall or watering. Don't hesitate to
pinch it back to maintain and attractive shape.
Text and Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2013/2018
This Flower
Mystery was solved by Ursula G. living in Southern
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Jamaican
Plum Tree, Chile Plum, Governor's Plum, Hog Plum, Purple
Mombin, Purple Plum, Red Mombin, Red Plum, Scarlet Plum,
Spanish Plum, Wild Plum, Coolie Plum
This looks like a fast growing 'weed' tree that will reach to about
25 feet in height when mature. I found it in the garden of a Tobagoin friend
who had told us he 'trimmed' hair on the weekends in his little shop. I imagined
he might be responsible for some of the wonderful hair styles I had seen in the
supermarket where he worked as one of the managers during the week. As it turned
out,
he
is
a
barber
with all of the attendant tools and furniture. Bravely, I sat in his barber's
chair and he set to work. He did a great job though I was his very first female
customer. Afterwards we walked in his garden where he pointed out the fruiting
trees, medicinal herbs, and vegetable plants he was growing. All in all it was
one of my favorite afternoons in Tobago and we left happily with a bag of delicious
plums.
Benefits: This tree produces yummy fruits toward the beginning of summer
in the
Caribbean.
From:
Photographed: In Bon Accord, Tobago, in 2018.
Planting and Care:
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**Jamaica
Sago See
the PALMS AND SAGOS Page -- Jamaica Sago |
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Japanese
Anemone, Japanese Wind Flower, Chinese Anemone, Thimbleweed,
Windflower Syn. Anemone
hupehensis, Anemone hupehensis var. japonica, Anemone × hybrida
As you can see from the many places I've photographed this lovely perennial,
it's very popular and also one of my personal favorites. It will grow to be
about three or
four
feet tall and will normally flower from mid summer into the fall.
Benefits: Anemones have various medicinal applications, but
I didn't find any listed as common cures.
From: China
Planting and Care: The Japanese anemone can be a little difficult
to get started, but once it settles in, it can become a little too confident,
encroaching on less vigorous nearby plants. It likes to grow in semi shady
conditions which makes it a great addition to any garden where full sun is
in short supply.
Water them carefully never giving them too much or too little and they'll do
just fine. As you can see from the photograph locations below, it seems this
plant may prefer cool climates.
Text and Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2014/2018
Flower
Mysteries 2, 38. 48 and 57 were solved by Ursula
G. living in Southern Germany
Flower
Mysteries 4 and 4a were identified by Susan I. a Twitter
friend from Sydney, Australia |
Photographed: In
a private garden in Calafate, Argentina,
2011.
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Photographed: In
the Blithewold Garden in Bristol, Rhode Island, 2013.
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Photographed: In
the Wellington Botanic Garden in Wellington, New Zealand,
in 2013.
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Photographed: At
the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, Providence,
RI, in 2013
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Photographed: In
the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay Maine,
2013.
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Photographed: Photographed: In
the Blithewold Garden in Bristol, Rhode Island 2013.
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Photographed: In
the Blithewold Garden in Bristol, Rhode Island 2013.
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Photographed: At
the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, Providence,
RI, in 2013.
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Japanese
Rose, Eijitsu Rose (in Japanese) Rosa rugosa |
Japanese
Umbrella Pine, Umbrella Pine, Koya-Maki (in Japanese) Sciadopitys
verticillata
This is a slow growing delightful evergreen that would make a beautiful garden
centerpiece. In many years it will reach a height of more than 60 feet.
Benefits: I didn't find anything special except that this tree
has become one of my favorites. We visit Rhode Island once a year usually and
I always make
sure to see "my tree."
From: Japan
Photographed: At the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center in
Rhode Island in 2013.
Planting and Care: This lovely pine will grow best in full
sun or partial sun and bright shade in a garden spot with protection from strong
winds. It is not fussy about the soil where it lives, but it must be moist and
well drained and it must be acidic.
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Jasmine is long known for its healing qualities though
none of the varieties here are said to convey those benefits. |
Angel
Wing Jasmine Jasminum nitidum
Angel
wing jasmine is a vine like shrub with white pinwheel
shaped flowers that are tinged purple on the underside. As
well, flowers on this jasmine are
a little larger than on other jasmine
plants. Its fragrant flowers bloom at night beginning
in late spring and carry on through the summer
months. When it is mature it will be about 10 feet
tall
and
3 or 4 feet wide.
Benefits: Though
other jasmine varieties are noted for their health
benefits, I didn't find any medicinal uses for
the angel wing.
From: Papua New Guinea's Admiralty Islands
Photographed: In the
Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in
Guatemala.
Planting and Care: Plant
this in full sun and assure it routine rainfall
or watering to keep it happy. It is not at all
fussy about the soil in which it will live.
Text & Photograph ©KO
2010 and ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2018 |
Azores
Jasmine, Lemon-Scented Jasmine Jasminum
azoricum
Like many jasmine plants this climbing
one is less appealing for its flowers and foliage
than for its heavenly scent.
Benefits: I found nothing specific to the Azores Jasmine.
From: The Portuguese Island of Madeira in the Azores as the
name
suggests.
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala.
Planting and Care: Like most jasmines, this one is sensitive
to cool and especially cold weather. It prefers to be planted in an always
warm sunny area of the garden out of the wind where it will receive regular
watering or rainfall. It will live comfortably in almost any soil type
and isn't particular about the pH either.
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Night
Blooming Jasmine Cestrum nocturnam
Never having
had one of these trees and never having smelled the
flowers at night, this is what I wrote about this
tree some years ago. "This type of jasmine may
not be glorious during the day as the flowers look
a little bedraggled, but at night it is luxurious,
maybe one of the best smelling plants in the world
and this is when the flowers open and are at their
best."
Things
changed and I ended up having one in my new garden
where my
glowing opinion of this tree quickly changed. Its major
attraction, the nighttime scent, turned out to smell
like something from a can sold to "freshen" bathrooms.
Not very appealing. Make sure before you go to the
trouble of planting one that you really do enjoy the
flowers at night.
Benefits: I found nothing specific to the
night blooming jasmine.
From: Tropical America
Photographed: To the right at a friend's
home in Olveston, Montserrat, in late afternoon and below
during
the day in our garden at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, 2012.
Planting and Care: These small trees
rely on full sun, lots of water and warm temperatures
to be at their best. Once established they can handle
a bit of cool weather, but this really is a tropical
plant at heart.
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Orange
Jasmine, Orange Jessamine, Mock Orange, Chinese Box Murraya
exotica
Unlike other jasmine varieties on this page, orange jasmine truly is
a shrub that will grow to more than 7 feet in height. Its orange scented
flowers are very pretty and perfectly enhance the deep green foliage.
Benefits: It is an attractant for to bees, butterflies and birds.
From: India
Photographed: Below our mahogany garden at our former home
in Montserrat in 2008.
Planting and Care: This shrub came with our home.
It was planted in full sun and always did well with the rainfall that fell,
enduring very hot and dry periods with no water when we were away.
This is in opposition to everything I read that said it requires moist soil.
It became ill at one point, so I simply cut it back almost to the ground
and
it rebounded
within
a short
few
months.
Text and Photographs ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2014/2018
My
#14 Shrub Mystery was solved by two visitors to my
website, Glenn
who lives in Brisbane, Australia and
Kim H. Many thanks for your help. |
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**Pinwheel
Jasmine Tabernacle
montana
This is a delightful delicately flowering bush that pruned carefully has an airy
lightness about it that is not characteristic of most tropical foliage. Its 3/4
inch flowers might be overlooked without their wonderful abundance.
Our plants bloomed continuously for months. Pinwheel Jasmine can and
often is used as a trimmed hedge which seems to rob it of all of its best qualities.
Benefits:
From: India
Photographed: As a center piece in our herb garden at our former
home in Montserrat.
Planting and Care: Unlike most jasmines, this one prefers to have some shade
from the hot mid-day sun. It will even grow well in bright shade free of direct
sun. At maturity it will reach a height and width of about 5 feet. It likes to
have routine rainfall or watering, but requires good drainage of the rich soil
in which it does best.
Text & Photographs ©KO 2008/2010 and ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
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Star
Jasmine, Southern Jasmine, Trader's Compass, Confederate
Jasmine, Chinese Ivy, Chinese Jasmine Trachelospermum
jasminoides
The combination of glossy medium green leaves
and the twirling white blossoms on this hedge made
us stop
the car in admiration when we were traveling in Sicily.
Aside from training it as a hedge, it makes a wonderful
trellis
plant giving shade over your patio.
Benefits: An extract of the flowers
of the star jasmine is used in making some very expensive
perfumes.
From: Eastern and southeastern Asia
Photographed: On the left in Crown
Point, Tobago, in 2017, and below in a private garden
in Sicily in 2012.
Planting and Care: This wonderful plant will flower in a variety
of lighting situations from full sun to full shade, but it will not grow in damp
soil. A place in full sun or in semi shade will
do just fine as will soil in the full range of pH values you're likely to have.
Just about any soil will do as well, but it would like a little shelter from
heavy weather. I don't think that's too much to ask especially since it is
not overly demanding of fertilizer and likes just a moderate amount of water.
Text and Photographs ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2018
This
shrub
mystery was solved by Glenn a visitor to my website who
lives in Brisbane, Australia. Many thanks
for your help Glenn. |
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**Spicy
Jatropha, Pergrina Jatropha
pandurata and Jatropha integerrima
This member of the jatropha family is tougher looking than the more feathery
leaved one pictured below, but each of these family members has a distinct
appeal. As you can see in the photographs, it will look wonderful in a big
earthenware pot or even grown as a hedge. It is said to have a sap that can
be irritating to the skin, but I did not find
it
to
be
so.
Benefits: Spicy Jatropha attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
From: Cuba
Photographed: Right below at
our former home in Guatemala. On the left and
at the very bottom in
Crown Point,
Tobago, in 2017.
Planting and Care: Give
it full sun or sun with some shade and it will
do
just
fine, but do keep it on the dry side. It is not
at all cold tolerant, though once established
it will do fine in drought conditions. It may
grow up to 15 feet tall and almost as wide, but
with pruning it will be a more manageable size.
Warning: Jatrophas are highly toxic.
Text and Photographs ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2015/2018
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Buddha
Belly Plant, Bottleplant Shrub, Gout Plant, Purging-Nut,
Guatemalan Rhubarb, Goutystalk Nettlespurge Jatropha
padagrica
Benefits: This plant was once used to produce dyes and now
serves only as a powerful butterfly attractant.
From: Tropical Latin America
Photographed: As noted below.
Planting and Care: Make sure to find a home for this plant
in sunny place in the garden where there is well drained soil. Water it sparingly
and
it should do just fine. It will reach a height of only 3 feet so it
may also be perfect for growing in a large unglazed clay pot. It is not frost
hardy, so keep that in mind.
Warning: Jatrophas are highly toxic.
Text and Photographs ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2015/2018 |
Photographed: In
the (Ortobotanico) Botanical Garden in Naples,
Italy, in 2014.
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Photographed: At
the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
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**Coral
Plant, Physic Nut Jatropha
multifida
This
is a very tough flowering shrub/tree that grows
to a height somewhere between eight and fifteen feet. The
tallest one I saw in Montserrat was about ten feet high.
Ours suffered from a history of brutal gardeners and falling
volcanic ash before we bought the property. Despite all that,
it
continued to bloom, proving its reputation as a plant that
will withstand almost anything and still give you flowers
most of the year. Wouldn't it be nice if we were
all this tough? This
plant looks very much like a variety of frangipani, though
its leaves are more decorative and it blooms almost continuously
with red flowers as you can see in the photographs. One
important thing to remember is that for all its appeal, it
is still a highly poisonous
plant.
Benefits:
From: Cuba and/or Central America
Photographed: On the left, just beside
our banana garden at our former home in Montserrat and below
in Crown Point, Tobago, in 2017.
Planting and Growth: This jatropha
likes it sunny and hot and is very tolerant of
drought. With just a bit more care and even
a semi shady location, the jatropha will do just fine growing to an average
height of 10 feet. Our plants almost always produced
seeds which quickly
germinated
so we always had an abundant
supply of small plants to give away to friends and neighbors.
Warning: Jatrophas are highly toxic.
Text and Photographs ©KO
2008/2010 and GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com 2013/2018
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**Jelly
Bean Plant, Christmas Cheer Sedum rubrotinctum
This is a wonderful plant that I never tiring of admiring. I had it growing
wonderfully in a pot, but very slowly in the cactus garden. It is a delightful,
very easy to care for plant and its cheerful name gives you a little hint at
how appealing it is.
Benefits:
From: Mexico
Photographed: To the left in the Blithewold Garden in Bristol,
Rhode
Island,
2013. Below in our garden at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
Planting and Care: I read that the jelly bean likes full sun
and that may be so in cool climate summers. Here in Latin America, the sun is
very strong and the plant quickly looks like I do when out in the sun too long.
I have it receiving morning sun only now and it is beautiful. Water it thoroughly
when the soil becomes dry and it will do very well.
Warning: Jelly beans are poisonous.
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2013/2018
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Photographed: In
our garden at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala
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Jerusalem
Sage Lamiaceae phlomis tuberosa
This is a perennial plant that will grow a few feet in height. Not normally
prized as a garden flower, it is often found growing wild on roadsides and
in unused fields. It will flower most of the summer in New England and
I found it very appealing.
Benefits: Some parts of the plant are considered edible.
From: The cold central parts of Europe eastward through to Siberia.
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden in Palermo, Sicily,
Italy, 2012.
Planting and Care: Plant seeds in the place where you would
like to see this grow. Full sun and routine watering or rainfall will keep
the plants happy.
Text and Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2013/2018
My
#8 Flower Mystery was solved by Ursula G.
living in Southern Germany |
Jewels
of Opar, Fame Flower, Flame Flower, Pink Baby's-Breath Talinum paniculatum
This is an annual and it is not happy about being too cold. At its best,
it will grow to be about two feet tall and plants should be spaced about 1
to 1 and 1/2 feet apart.
Benefits: The leaves are edible and make a nice addition to
salads. Parts of Jewels of Opar are used in traditional medicine in Asia.
From: The southern United States, the Caribbean and much of Latin
America
Photographed: In the Blithewold Garden in Bristol, Rhode Island,
in 2013.
Planting and Care: Plant these little beauties in full sun
and expect to enjoy blooms for most of the summer. It is a drought tolerant
annual once settled in and could be considered for a xeriscape garden.
Text and Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2013/2018
My
#50 Flower Mystery was solved by Ursula G.
living in Southern Germany
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**Jimson
Weed See
The "D" Page DEVIL'S TRUMPET |
Jitsuko's
Star Leopard Plant, Leopard Plant, Green Leopard Plant Farfugium
japonicum 'Jitsuko's Star' syn. Ligularia
tussilaginea
This
is a peculiarly appealing perennial plant with both very attractive
foliage and spikes of pretty yellow daisy like flowers produced
toward the end of the summer season.
Benefits: I didn't find anything
of interest.
From: Japan
Planting and
Care: Jitsuko's star leopard is not frost hardy. It
will grow happily in bright shade or in
early morning or late afternoon sun in a place with rich humusy
soil. It
likes routine rainfall or watering, but in general is considered
to be an easy plant to grow and maintain.
Text & Photographs ©KO
2010 and ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com 2018 |
Photographed: At
the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in
2010. |
Photographed: At
the Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum in
Bristol, Rhode Island, in 2014.
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JOSEPH'S
COAT FAMILY OF PLANTS |
Copper
Leaf, Joseph's Coat Acalypha wilkesiana
Copper Leaf is a tropical and subtropical garden
shrub growing to almost 10 feet tall and about 6
feet wide. It is an evergreen large enough to make
a good privacy hedge.
Benefits: It is used to treat skin
disorders and is said to have other medicinal benefits
as well.
From: Pacific Islands.
Photographed: In a neighbor's garden in Montserrat.
Planting and Care: Copper leaf can handle
full sun or bright shade though it does not appreciate
strong winds. It likes to be planted in moist well-drained
fertile organic soil.
Text and Photograph ©KO
2010 and ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com 2018 |
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Fire
Dragon, Joseph's Coat, Match-Me-If-You-Can, Copper Leaf,
Beefsteak Plant, Jacobs
Coat, Three-seeded Mercury Acalypha
godseffiana
This bush provides a striking bit of colorful and oddly shaped foliage in a tropical
garden.
From: This plant hales from humid and warm Fiji.
Photographed: On the left at the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in
Guatemala.
Planting and Care: This is an easy one as it grows in full sun
with little water and the more sun it gets the more color it will have. It prefers
well-drained soil. It is easily propagated by cuttings and will grow to be as
tall as ten feet if happy. Keeping it well pruned will prevent it from becoming
leggy.
Text and Photograph ©KO 2010 and ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
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Photographed
in Crown Point Tobago in 2017 |
Joseph's
Coat Acalypha wilkesiana Hoffmanna
This is a leafy tall growing slender bush reaching
a height of almost 10 feet. It does not appear to flower,
but does serve as a decorative green and white background
or filler plant.
Benefits: I
didn't find anything specific to this plant.
From: Tropical and sub-tropical Americas.
Photographed: At a neighbor's home in Montserrat.
Planting and Care: This plant like
the others in this group like well-drained moist soil
and this one isn't at all fussy about what type of
soil. It will do well in full sun or in a place in
the garden that gets morning shade and afternoon sun.
It does flower, but you have to look closely to find
them.
Text & Photograph ©Krika.com
2008/2010 and ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2018 |
Joy
Weed, Joseph's Coat Alternanthera ficoidea
This low growing plant is useful as a fill in as it brings a stable bit of color
to a garden that may sometimes be lacking in blooms. It will grow to be only
about 1 foot in height so it makes a good undergrowth planting.
Benefits: I didn't find anything at all on this aspect of the
plant.
From: Mexico and South America
Photographed: At the Hotel Atitlan on Lake Atitlan
in Guatemala in 2010.
Planting and Care: This Joseph's Coat is a warm climate perennial
that will grow well in full sun or partial shade. It is easy to grow and likes
routine watering or rainfall.
Text and Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2014/2018
My
#7 Plant Mystery was solved by Glenn a visitor to my
website who lives in Brisbane, Australia. Many Thanks. |
**Match-Me-If-You-Can,
Joseph's Coat, Acalypha
wilkesiana
This is a wonderful bit of greenery with each leaf seemingly a work of art combining
greens and whites in never quite the same pattern, hence its common name.
From: This plant hales from the humid and warm parts of the
South Pacific.
Photographed: In our deck garden at our former home in Montserrat.
Planting and Care: Joseph's coat loves heat, moisture and sun and will
delight you when it receives them. When it gets dry it looks very sad indeed.
It is easy to grow from a cutting; put several in a sandy soil mix kept moist
and in bright light and soon you'll have healthy new plants. Once in the garden,
keep the dead flowers picked off and stem ends routinely pinched to have it at
its best.
Text and Photograph ©KO 2010
and ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com 2018 |
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Joy
Perfume Tree, Champak, Yellow Jade Orchid Tree, Fragrant
Himalayan Champaca Magnolia champaca
Almost unbelievably, this sweet smelling flowering
tree will grow to be over 150 feet tall.
Benefits: Joy, the most expensive perfume in the
world uses the flowers of this tree for their strong and
appealing
scent. Its scent is also a strong attractant for bees,
birds and butterflies. Parts of the tree are used in traditional
medicine and it is
a source
of
wood
and
yellow
dye.
From: Tropical Asia
Photographed: At the Magdalena Hotel in Tobago in 2018.
Planting and Care: You will most likely purchase this tree and
the sellers will give you the best information on planting it in your area. At
the most basic it grows best in full sun with regular rainfall or watering.
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2018 |
**Jumbie
Beads, Crab's eye, Cock's
Eyes, Rosary Pea (and many, many more) Abrus
precatorius L.
This
is a tenacious twining vine that produces bright orange/red
seeds used in jewelry and other crafts in the Caribbean.
Benefits: Its seeds are poisonous, though other
parts of the plant are used locally in Montserrat for their
healing qualities.
Planting and Care: Unless you plant to use the
seeds, I would not recommend letting this plant grow in your
garden. It is hard to eradicate and it is prolific.
Text ©KO 2008 and ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2018 |
**Jumbie
Crab See
The "W" Page -- WILDLIFE -- Black Crab |
**Justicia
secunda I have no common name yet.
It is an extremely tough plant surviving
heat and drought, though appearing pathetic while doing
so. When rainfall becomes routine again,
the plant very quickly revives and becomes lovely and green.
Benefits: In Montserrat the leaves
of this plant are steeped as a tea to help control
high blood pressure.
From: The Caribbean and continental South America
Photographed: In the new garden I started
on the other side of the stairs beside the banana garden at our former home
in Montserrat.
Planting and Care: I have no advice
on caring for this plant as it was a volunteer that
arrived on the wind. It did grow well in the organic
soil I created and it lived well on the routine rainfall
we enjoyed in our part of the island.
Text & Photographs ©KO 2009 and GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com 2018
I
am very grateful to a Twitter follower, www.botanistadventures.com
and botanistdesign.com for solving this plant mystery. |
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