Open Gardens, May 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Neem Tree Farms, 602 Ronele Drive, Brandon, 33511
We love plant swaps! And this time we have beautifully composted horse manure and a giant pile of really nice mulch from Independent Tree Service. You’ll need to bring something to carry it home in if you want some though! (Actually, a bucket and a small trowel are good things to have just for the other plants on the list.)
Plants in pots (limited quantities)
- Everglade tomatoes
- Caribbean red papaya
- Aloe pups
- Thornless optunia cactus
- Baobob trees
- Spiderwort
- Salmon datura
You dig:
- Surinam cherry
- Sansevieria
- Rangoon creeper
- Yesterday-today-and tomorrow (also limited)
- Candlestick senna
- False roselle, thousands and thousands ready to transplant!
- Mexican cilantro – not really cilantro but tastes similar and handles the heat without flinching) http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2012/07/papalo.html
- Cleradendron (pagoda or bleeding heart)
- Native palmettos
- Naturalized periwinkles (aka vinca)
- Wild pineapple (very prickly, bring protective clothing, http://www.eattheweeds.com/bromelia-pinguin-wild-pineapple…/)
- Golden cosmos
Seeds:
- Loofah sponges
- Tropical milkweed
- Gallardia (blanketflower)
- Cosmos
- Too many others to list!
Cuttings:
- Cuban oregano
- Orchid cactus
- Coral porterweed
- Rangoon creeper
- Bush morning glory
- Cuban buttercup (tunera)
- Firespike
- Native ruella
- Sweet almond
- Vitex
- Golden dewdrop