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Jatropha (Gout plant) is an attention grabber and a must in every tropical garden. It has a large bottle-like caudex and huge leaves up to 10-12 inches in diameter. The more shade, the bigger the leaves. Great natural bonsai. Makes a good potted plant but can also be used as a conversation piece specimen in a small garden.

By far the Key West (Pantin) is the Island favorite, with a dark reddish-orange flesh, round in shape and is much sweeter than the Magana. It originates in Florida. It produces medium size fruit (15-40 oz, mid-late season. Flesh is pink to red, fiberless, excellent quality, contains 1 seed. The tree is tall. Ripening season - late summer through December.
A unique fruit with an interior texture that is both creamy and sweet, the vibrant salmon-colored flesh of the Pantin mamey sapote is unlike anything most people have ever tasted. The flavor is a combination of sweet potato and pumpkin with undertones of almond, chocolate, honey, and vanilla. The ovoid, medium-large fruit has a large center pit, similar to an avocado. This superior mamey sapote cultivar was discovered growing near a fire station in Key West, Florida. The seeds of this tree were believed to come from Cuba by way of 19th century dissidents who left the island at that time. The tree was originally called the Key West mamey sapote until it was selected and propagated by Eugenio Pantin in the early 1950s. The story goes that a Cuban emigrant named Josefina Jimenez smuggled three mamey seeds into the US in her brassiere and gave them to Pantin, who grew them as seedling rootstocks, onto which he grafted budwood of the Key West mamey tree. Pantin then proceeded to plant a small commercial orchard in Miami-Dade County, Florida. After his death in 1963, Eugenio's son, Donald, took over the family business, and nurseryman, Lawrence Zill, who had recognized the potential of Eugenio's prized cultivar, named it the Pantin mamey sapote.
Today, Pantin represents about 95 percent of the mamey sapotes produced on some 350 acres under cultivation in southern Florida.

Oro Negro means black gold in Spanish, which is an incredibly appropriate name for this fruit. It originates from Miami-Dade County, Florida and has great potential for dooryard or commercial use. It is likely a Monroe seedling having a similar shape and season, but probably crossed with a Mexican type which would explain the black skin. The flesh is rich and buttery with a creamy texture that is sure not to disappoint.
See avocado varieties chart.

Carambola variety Dwarf Maher. This Hawaiin variety has roundish fruit with light yellowish - white skin, white flesh, low acid content, sweet and crunchy. An abundant producer of sweet juicy fruit. Fruit starts forming at only 2 feet in height. Small size make it good choice for container culture.
These plants are 1.5-2 year old seedlings and will take 2-3 years to fruit.

See Article about Carambola Star Fruit.

Rare variety from Thailand, with green skin. Fralan means "Thunder" - as the fruit cracks when peeled. No turpentine aftertaste, very good flavor.
See more info about Mango varieties.

Brogdon has red-purple colored pear-shaped fruit. Weight 7 to 15 Oz. Skin is very thin. yellow buttery flesh. Fruit ripens in late summer-fall. Very cold hardy. Good for Central Florida.
See avocado varieties chart.

A traditional juice mango selected in Jamaica but not well known away from the Island. Common in markets in Jamaica and other parts of Caribbean. The fruit is oblong, with a smooth greenish to bright yellow skin, red blush on the shoulders, overlaid with large white dots and a heavy wax coating. 12-20 oz. The deep orange flesh is firm and juicy, with some fiber. Flavor is rich, aromatic, spicy, with distinctive tropical and coconut flavor notes. Very good for fresh juices.
Relatively cold hardy variety. See more info about Mango varieties.

Balsa. This tree is notable for its unusual ecology as well as for its famous wood. This is the balsa of model-airplane fame, with extremely light, soft wood.
Leaves are very large. Balsa flowers are particularly unique and exotic. Held perfectly upright in the tree, unopened flowers strongly resemble velvety ice-creme cones. When opened, a fruit strongly resembles a large rabbit's foot.

Simmonds avocado is South Florida most popular early season avocado. Fruiting size.
See avocado varieties chart.

The first issue of the new magazine TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors. This issue specials:
- Do-It-Yourself Projects- Hothouse in a Freezer
- Nature's food and pharmacy - Noni - Life Sustaining Plant
- New Introductions - New Fragrant Plants of the Annona Family
...and much more!..
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The second issue of the new magazine TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors. This issue specials:
- Do-It-Yourself Projects - Indoor lighting for tropical plants PART 1
- Legendary plants - Cinnamon as is
- Nature's food and pharmacy - The Amazon Fountain of Youth, Assai
- New Introductions - Wrightia religiosa - sacred Buddhist
...and much more!..
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The third issue of the new magazine TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors. This issue specials:
- Plant School and Clinic - Green Thumb ABC
- Do-It-Yourself Projects - Indoor lighting for tropical plants PART 2
- Legendary plants - Biblical plants
- New Introductions - Adeniums. Dotted, Striped and Multicolored
...and much more!..
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The 4th issue of the new magazine TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors. This issue specials:
- Potting soil. Some practical recommendations regarding the selection of soil mixes.
- Plant science. Linnaeus and Phylogeny - Why is my Michelia now a Magnolia?
- Do-It-Yourself Projects. Winter special. Effective, low budget heating systems for tropical plants.
- Legendary plants. Theobroma Cacao - all about Chocolate tree.
- From Gordon - The Palmaholic. Palm nutrition program.
- New introductions. Strongylodon - Jade Vine.
- Growing outdoors. Hail to the Musa.
- Exotic Kaleidoscope. I'm feeling blue... Blue flowers in tropical landscape.
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The 5th issue of the new magazine TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors. This issue specials:
- Potting soil. Some practical recommendations regarding the selection of soil mixes.
- Plant School and Clinic: Soil acidity and alkalinity
- Plant science: Linnaeus vs Phylogeny, part II.
- Zone-pushing: Dealing with cold snaps. Cold hardy beauties.
- Do-It-Yourself Projects: Pond for plants and fish in your apartment. Small pond in one day.
- Plants that like their feet wet
- Legendary plants: Adansonia digitata, Baobab. A tree of myth and legend.
- From Gordon the Palmaholic: Palms are a lot like realestate: location, location, location...
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The the 6th issue of the new magazine TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors. This issue specials:
- Plant School and Clinic. Pest control.
- Growers of Beauty. Tropics way up north: Botanical garden in apartment.
- Wildlife habitat A Practical Guide to Butterfly, Hummingbird, and Nighttime Moth Gardening
- Legendary plants Killer Plants, Part 1. Poisonous plants of Tropics: so deadly, yet so mesmerizing. Growing poisonous plants.
- Growing outdoors. The Social System of Horticulture: A Study of One Neighborhood, One Island, and the Move Towards Self-Sufficiency.
- From Gordon-the-Palmaholic. Every garden needs a few fan palms.
- Nature's Food and Pharmacy. Cold Seed of Incas: exotic fruits of Annonaceae family.
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The the 7th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors. This issue specials:
- Zone pushing
When winter is around the corner
Growing exotic Cordyline in colder climate
- Plant clinic. Water, water, water... So simple and yet complex.
How to water plants? How to determine water needs? What happens to the plant if watered improperly?.
- Growers of beauty. Soursop fruiting in apartment: amazing experience of growing Annona muricata (Soursop) from seed and harvesting fruit after years of nourishing and patient waiting. Hand-pollination of Annona flowers.
- Plant science. The documentation of plans.
- Legendary plants. Killer Plants, Part 2. Poisonous plants of Tropics: beautiful and dangerous.
- Growing outdoors. The Mystique of Bamboo.
- Exotic Kaleidoscope. Tropical fruit recipes.
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The the 8th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
Plant school and clinic: Growing tropical plants from seeds
Zone pushing: When the weather outside is frightful
Legendary Plants - Nutmeg: the treasure of Dutch East India Company
Do-It-Yourself Projects: Hi-Tech Nursery - XXI century plant growing: hi-tech computerized systems
Nature's Food and Pharmacy: Sweet as sugar - Muntingia calabura, Strawberry Tree
Plants with scents as heady as incense: Enchanted Gardenia - Queen of Aroma
From Gordon-the-palmaholic: Beware the rays of the sun.
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The 9th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- Plant School and Clinic: For the love of plants. Creating a tropical oasis in your appartment
- Nature's Food and Pharmacy: Fertility fruit from a 'Testicle Tree'. A story of Avocado. Resplendwnt Quetzal - Avocado loving bird.
- From Gordon-the-Palmaholic: Ode to a big blue. "...It is easy to name my favorite palm out of a hundred or so species I am growing... It is my Bismarckia nobilis, common name Bismarck..."
- Exotic Kaleidoscope. Purple Desert: Mediterraniean Desert Bloomers
- Tropical Q&A. Transplanting plants in your garden to different locations
- DIY Projects. Mist-house: A propagation and recovery system
- Growing indoors: Growing Orchid Trees as houseplants
- Zone Pushing: Winter champions.
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The 10th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- Legendary plants. Flower names: Myths and Legends
- Plant school and clinic:
Growing plants from seeds: Part 2. Taking care of seedlings
Growing Lotus from seed
Top Tropicals Guide to in-ground planting: How to plant a tree
- From Gordon the Palmaholic: Pray to the Palm God but be ready to pull the plug
- Nature's food and pharmacy. Sapote: a Natural Sweetness.
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The 11th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- Legendary plants. Kiku: the art of Japanese Chrysanthemum
- Zone pushing. Ready-for-winter checklist for in-ground plants
- From Gordon the Palmaholic. Think small
- New introductions. Myrtaceae for garden and potting culture
- Exotic Kaleidoscope. Yellow winter bloomers.
- Tropical Questions and Answers. How to re-pot a plant properly?
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The 12th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- Legendary plants: The divine plant of Incas, Coca
- DIY projects: Indoor Lighting and Plant Light Requirements
- Plant school and clinic: Exotic hoyas - secrets of growing
- New introductions: Myrtaceae for garden and potting culture - Part II (Fruit)
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The 13th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- Growing indoors: "Each man under his own vine and fig tree". Growing Fig Trees as house plants
- Plant School and Clinic: Cold tolerance and cold sensitivity
- Zone-pushing: Winter checklist
- Nature's Food and Pharmacy: Overlooked fruit - Tasty loquat recipes
- Growers of beauty: Exotic rainforest - Tropical Paradise up North.
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The 14th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- Growing indoors: Capturing the Clerodendrum - Growing Butterfly Flowers Indoors
- Growing outdoors: The garden where happiness lives
- Legendary Plants: Aphrodisiac - plants of love
- Growing a pomegranate tree
- Aristolochia: A Calico Pipe With Gynecological Inclination
- Exotic Kaleidoscope: Tambalacoque, the Dodo tree
- Richardia: humble groundcover from the royal family.
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The 15th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- PLANT SCHOOL AND CLINIC - TO LED, OR NOT TO LED: THAT IS THE QUESTION
- ANALOGIES FOR DUMMIES - A word from our editor
- GROWERS OF BEAUTY - THE EXOTIC RAINFOREST: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED WHILE TRYING TO DUPLICATE THE NATURE
- PLANT SCHOOL AND CLINIC - DO-IT-YOURSELF EFFICIENT LOW VOLUME IRRIGATION SYSTEM
- ASK THE PRO'S - TROPICAL TREASURES Q&A
- PLANT INTRODUCTIONS - Thunbergias
- EXOTIC KALEIDOSCOPE - Winter flame blossoms
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The 16th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- PLANTAHOLIC COLUMN. Ugu, a Nigerian Feel-good Food
- LEGENDARY PLANTS. The Scarborough Fair: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
- GROWING OUTDOORS. Perfume Garden: Fragrant tropical plants for Southern landscapes and container culture.
- ASK THE PRO'S. Q and A on growing 'the best fruit in the world'
- EXOTIC KALEIDOSCOPE. Mandarin or... Sundrop!
- A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR. Too good to be true.
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