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 **Cabbage
Vegetable Brassica oleracea
Tropical Climate Varieties: Early Jersey, Charleston
Wakefield, Copenhagen Market, Early Round Dutch, Red Acre.
Fertilizer: Unless you have an organic garden,
use a 5/10/10 when planting and then side dress later with a nitrogenous
fertilizer like sulphate of ammonia.
Insects: Most likely problem is the larvae of the
diamond back moth, although we have also had problems with aphids.
Benefits: Cabbage is a good source of vitamin C,
calcium and iron.
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**Cabbage Palm Tree
see the "P" Page PALMS
**Cacoa
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 Calabash
Crescentia cujete L.
From: The calabash tree is native to the
West Indies or to Mexico and Central America depending on what
source you have found. It is not a tree that you would choose
to have in your garden unless you have a formal public Caribbean
botanical garden.
Fruits: Treated much like gourds grown in northern
climate gardens, the hollowed out dried calabash fruit served
the native Caribbean and/or Middle American populations as dishware,
storage containers and more. Today the calabash has become a tried
and true staple base for creating Caribbean "tourism product."
In Montserrat in the last few years we have seen the Department
of Tourism devote many of its resources to celebrate the newly
established "Calabash Festival."
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 **Caladium
Caladium X hortulanum or
Caladium bicolor (Ait.) Vent. 
This is a variegated
leafy plant often sold as a house plant in colder climates.
Planting and Care: It grows well in the shadier
parts of our garden and seems to be a very hardy survivor. When
transplanting one, don’t plant it too deep. It probably will
spread of its own accord in warm moist garden areas.
From: They are said to have originated in South
America, but they must also be native or at least natural to Montserrat
since they will spontaneously appear here and there when there is
continuous rain. We have the common varieties that I have seen and
owned as houseplants, but we have one variety that truly seems to
have been painted by an artist. It was a gift from a friend leaving
Montserrat and so we have a special attachment to it.
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Calla
Lily Zantedeschia aethiopica or Calla aethiopica
Calla lilies are about the most perfectly beautiful flowers in the
world; they have been enshrined on canvas by such internationally
renowned artists as Diego Rivera. We had them to celebrate our wedding
and whenever possible we choose to be surrounded by these blooms.
Do take a little care with them if you have children or plant eating
pets as callas are poisonous.
From: Africa
Planting and Growth: The calla prefers full sun,
but will also grow well in partial shade. Whether in the sun or
the shade it requires lots of moisture.
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Flowering bush Camellia japonica
or Camellia sansanqua
This is a Southern garden plant much desired by those of
us who for too many years lived too far north to have one. Now that
we are in the Caribbean, we are getting greedy for a camellia. Its
flowers are really beautiful and it is a lovely plant.
From: Japan
Planting and Growth: It prefers a slightly acidic
soil with full sun or partial shade and a soil that remains moist,
but drains excess moisture. It also favors a mildly acid soil.
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 **Candelabra
Cactus Euphorbia candelabrum or Euphorbia
lactea
Sometimes growing
to as much as 15 feet, the candelabra cactus is a sharply spined,
thick branching variety.
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Canna
Lily
This
is one of the tropical garden stars. They are tall
plants, often well over three feet, and they bare spectacular flowers
as you can see in these photographs. Their foliage too is usually
very appealing. If you are buying a plant make sure that the combined
colors of the flowers and foliage are attractive together. This
is not always the case.
Planting and Care: Cannas prefer full sun and routine
rainfall or watering. They are terribly subject to an expecially
nasty caterpillar which will decimate a plant in just a few days.
These caterpillars and the moths that lay the eggs seem totally
immune to our soap spray. We have resorted to hand squishing the
caterpillars, but surely there is a better way! Still, we are looking
for a way that is not poisonous to all humanity.
Link: http://www.easytogrowbulbs.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=63
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Capers
Capparis spinosa
Coming from the Middle East and parts of Asia, capers
obviously like it hot and dry -- a desert like environment is perfect.
The caper bush will grow to be no more than five feet tall and it
will delight you with its very pretty feathery purple and white
flowers. Edible capers are pickled flower buds; usually the smaller
buds are more coveted than the larger ones.
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Cardboard
Palm See The "P"
Page PALMS -- Jamaica Sago
**Cardomon
Dwarf Shell Ginger See
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Carrots
Vegetable Daucus carota
Carrots are a lovely vegetable and lend themselves to many uses --
cooked alone and served with lemon butter, chopped and cooked as a
sweetening base in lentil soup, raw in potato salad for added crunch
or grated in cole slaw for color. They are delicious peeled and stored
in a cold bag in the fridge for an anytime snack. We have had no luck
so far growing them in our garden.
Tropical Climate Varieties: Danvers Half Long, Chantenay,
Nantes, Imperator.
Planting: Carrots are difficult to bring to harvest
in the Caribbean. There are so many underground pests and such typically
heavy soil that we have had no luck at all. The one time they were
off to a good start, feral chickens dug them up. If you do decide
to give them a try, water them regularly to avoid splitting of the
roots.
Fertilizer: 5/10/10
Diseases: Seed born scab and soft rot
Insects: They are not generally a problem above ground
except for weevils and beetles.
Harvesting: After pulling them from the soil, cut
off the leafy tops and they will last longer in storage.
Benefits: Carrots are a good source of beta carotene
relating to vitamins A, B, C, and E, and iron, magnesium and calcium.
They may also be curatives for kidney and bladder problems, as well
as having been used as a treatment for lower intestinal parasites.
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**Cashew
Tree Anacardium
occidentale L.
In
Montserrat and I suspect in most of the Caribbean the cashew tree
is called a cherry tree for its unusual fruit, a three inch or so
shiny soft red pear shaped fruit which is eaten fresh and used in
local soft drinks. While hanging from the tree, the fruit bears
a cashew encased in a tough fibrous covering at its end. These seeds
are harvested, toasted and the covering carefully removed to get
to the delicious nuts.
Benefits and Cautions: Along
with the mango, this tree is a member of the poison ivy family with
the same potential to give you a nasty skin problem.
The
hulls of the cashew nut contain cardol oil which blisters the skin
and is very toxic. This poisonous oil is used externally in the
treatment of skin infections, herpes lesions and to heal warts and
corns. The bark has been used in the treatment of an assortment
of diseases – from diarrhea and diabetes to some of the symptoms
caused by syphilis.
From: Native
to tropical America, the cashew has now spread throughout the Caribbean.
Nuts: Aside from being truly delicious, cashews are 15%
protein, 40% oil and high in Vitamin C.
Planting and Care: The
cashew tree likes it dry and sunny. Depending on conditions, the
cashew will grow to between twenty and forty feet, yielding its
first crop in three years. Cashew trees go from flower to fruit
in just two months.
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**Cast
Iron Plant
Aspidistra
elatior
This
green leafy plant grows to be about two and one half feet tall and
spreads with separate shoots as it matures. Ours is now about two
feet in diameter and lives in our very shady terrace garden. It
is a real survivor -- drought, volcanic ash falls and heavy duty
acid rain (enough to literally melt many plants in the garden) --
none of these seem to have phased it one bit.
I hope I have identified this
plant correctly, but it may be a Dracena thaloides. I would very
much like to hear from you if you can help in distinguishing between
these two plants.
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**Casuarina
Tree, Willow Tree (in Montserrat) Casuarina equisetifolia
or Casuarina muricata
This is a willowy pine like tree that is very common in
the Caribbean. It is a sturdy survivor of the hot and sunny, windy
and stormy and then drought ridden and salty Caribbean island environment.
It will quickly grow to be about sixty feet tall and is considered
much like the neem tree; nothing lives on it or under it.
From: The Caribbean
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 **Celery
Vegetable Apium
Celery has got to be one of the best foods in the world. It can be
eaten fresh from the garden, chilled in a salad, as a fresh leafy
swizzle in a bloody mary or cooked in soups and stews.
Planting: Celery does not mind being planted in a
large clay pot or even a plastic bucket. In a clay pot about 15 inches
across the top and about 15 inches deep, you can comfortably plant
four celery plants. Growing
celery in a tropical or Caribbean environment is not what you may
be used to in a more northerly environment. Use a lot of water; keep
the plants soaked! They
also like sun and a lot of fertilizer. In the tropics, planting anything
in the garden is always a risk. Plant a few celery plants in a pot
and then plant the rest of the flat in the garden. That way you'll
have a little insurance; for sure the plants will grow in one place
or the other.
Harvesting: We never pull up a whole plant, but cut
what we need leaving the plant to continue growing.
Benefits: Celery is a good source of potassium and
vitamins B and C.
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**Cereas,
Night Blooming Cereas Cereus
epiphyllum oxypetalum
This is a tropical rainforest plant that thrives in semi-shade with
regular rainfall or watering. We had one of these growing in a large
pot in Taxco and have now got a couple here in Montserrat. We’ve
read they can spread their branches to sixty feet and that doesn't
seem extraordinary when you see how fast they'll grow in a 12"
pot. The cereus looks much like a plant that should be growing in
the sea with its long flat succulent leaves. It blooms once a year
usually in late spring, at night, with a dizzying scent. The flowers
fade by morning, but it is well worth the wait. In Mexico, we always
brought the plant in to the living room on the night it was blooming
and we enjoyed the flowering while sitting comfortably on the couch.
Now that they are outside in the garden here in Montserrat, we'll
have to venture out there around midnight to see the show. Venturing
out there is not so appealing when we think of the many 3"
tarantulas that roam the gardens after dark.
We recently also got a piece of another similar
plant called Hylocereus, though this one is triangular
in shape and seems to prefer growing on a tree for support. It likes
an acid soil and some sun. It is native to Mexico and Central America.
See The
"H" Page HYLOCEREUS
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Chamomile
This is a plant whose small flowers are used in calmative tea. We
don't have any growing in the garden, but will as soon as we can.
It is a lovely plant and a wonderfully aromatic tea.
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Chenile
Plant Acalypha
hispida
**Cherimoya
See The "S"
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**Chickens
in the Garden
Though chickens eat lots of pest insects in the garden and leave
behind valuable fertilizer, they also eat string bean flowers and
young corn ears so it’s a toss up as to the value of free
ranging chickens as garden helpers.
Recently
we learned from homesteading friends in Oregon that you can make
a fenced chicken run surrounding your kitchen garden. Bugs won't
get past the chickens on the way to your veggies and the fertilizer
for your garden will be just feet away. Not
bad!
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 Chiles
CHILIES
CHILIES
CHILIES
Mexican
HOT!
HOT!
HOT!
As you can imagine for two people who have lived
for years in Mexico, chiles are one of our dear favorite foods.
They add color and a kick to many wonderful dishes. Not all of them
are hot and many have interesting layers of flavor. The manzano
chile is a good example. With its peppery heat comes a nuance of
melon. Click
Here To See Our Special Mexican Chile Section With Photos And A
Recipe Here And There.
Link:
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 **Chinese
Evergreen Aglaonema
commutatum
Growing only to a height of about two and one half feet,
this variegated green leafed plant will grow happily in the shade,
but it prefers a light soil and a relatively moist environment.
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 Chinese
Hat,
Cup and Saucer, Parasol Flower Holmskioldia sanguinea
Growing up to ten feet tall this lovely bush will thrive in sun
or semi shade and will delight you with its beautifully and subtly
colored chinese hat like flowers. It has the added benefit of being
an attractant for birds, butterflies and bees.
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**Chirimoya
See The "S"
Page SOURSOP
Chocolate
Tree, Cacoa Tree Theobroma cacao
From: Tropical Mexico and Central America and the
tropical areas of northern of South America
Recipe: Use the ground beans of the cacoa tree
mixed with milk and sugar to make a natural sweet treat.
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 **Christmas
Bush Brunfelsia americana
This is a very
popular bush in Montserrat as it has snowy white blooms just in
time for Christmas and then again in early March. It is easily propagated
with cuttings and if you take a look around the yard in the spring
you will see lots of tiny Christmas Bushes sprouting here and there.
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**Christmas
Palm See The "P"
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Chrysanthemum
cinerariaefolium
Benefit: The dried foliage and flowers of this plant are
sources of the natural insecticide pyrethrum.
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 **Cilantro,
Coriander Herb
Cilantro is
an essential in Mexican cuisine as it is in Indian cuisine. It is
a very soft feathery plant that is easy to grow and pretty in a
garden row.
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Also
See The
"F" Page
FITWEED
Cinnamon Tree Cinnamon zeylanicum or Cinnamon
verum
From: Sri Lanka
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**Clammy
Cherry Tree, Red Manjack Tree, Glue Berries Tree, Snottly Gobbles
Tree Cordia collococca
We first saw this tree at a friends house here in
Montserrat. It was loaded with fruit and we wanted to know all about
it. She accommodated us immediately by picking a cherry and popping
it in her mouth while talking about having eaten the fruit with
her friends when they were school children. Within a minute she
had changed her tune as her mouth filled with gluey saliva -- this
tree didn't get its name for no reason.
From: S. America, Mexico and the
Caribbean
Planting and Care: This is a weed
tree whose seeds are distributed by the Jamaican Fruit Bat. It is
unlikely you would want one of these trees in your garden.
Link: http://www.batplants.co.uk/clamcherriestext.htm
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Clivia
Clivia miniata
A strap shaped leaf plant that has large lovely deep orange
flowers, the clivia grows best in a lightly shaded area of the garden.
It comes from South America and has two (or maybe more) forms. One
has wide very deep green leaves and huge flowers once a year. The
other has narrower leaves and less spectacular flowers.
I
had my first clivia many years ago, a toss away from a friend who
had no interest in dealing with the mealy bugs that had made it
home. I used cedar oil very successfully until I went overboard
and killed the heart of the mother plant. Fortunately there were
side shoots that I quickly planted. Unfortunately, they did absolutely
nothing in our lovely sunny window for many months. One day I had
truly had it with watering a one leafed plant. I threatened it out
loud, saying that if in a week it didn't show some promise it was
"going out."
The
very day a new leaf appeared and this little plant became a huge
luxuriant clivia that never failed to bloom. It lived for a while
in a suburb of Washington, D.C., spending its summers on my terrace.
My El Salvadoran neighbor, Paquita, a very frail old woman who spoke
no English, walked over one day and motioning to the clivia, said
with a sweet smile (in translation), "That is how we live,
closely, all together."
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 **Clock
Vine, Blue Trumpet Vine Thumbergia
grandiflora
We
planted a small clock vine to the side of a tree we don't like much,
but don't want to cut down because of the shade it provides. In
just a few years, the vine has grown to the top of the tree.
The vine's beautiful flowers have made an unattractive tree a visual
treat.
Planting and Growth:
This lovely vine likes a rich soil or a good bit of fertilizer along
with regular watering or rainfall. It thrives in a semi shady location,
but will handle a bit more sun if given adequate moisture.
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Cloves
Syzygium aromaticum or Caryophyllus
aromaticus or Eugenia carophyllata or Eugenia
caryophyllus
Planting and Growth: This relatively small tree requires
a year round hot humid climate
From:
Indonesia
Benefits: Aside from the wonderful flavor it imparts to
so many of our favorite foods, it is a wonderful way to soothe the
pain of a toothache.
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 **Coca,
Energy Bush
This is a large open branched bush with smallish leaves
that have a pale white stripe down the center. Here in Montserrat
it is used to steep a tea for an extra bit of energy, hence its local
name, the "energy bush." It really works!
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| Cockscomb
Celosia argentea
This is a very peculiar seriously red flowering plant that
is a major part of Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico. For that
reason I have some sentimental attachment to it; otherwise I find
it rather unappealing.
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Cocoa
Tree Theobroma
cacao L.
Growing only to 25 feet the cocoa likes it shady. Growing from all
parts of the older wood, cocoa pods are ripe when they become brownish
red. The tree will usually begin bearing in four years, fully maturing
in seven to ten years, and then bearing for fifty years or more.
When cocoa is eight to ten years old, it is time to prune the top
branches to encourage lower and younger branches to develop. Cocoa
produces two crops each year.
Recipe: Toast fresh cocoa beans over medium heat
in a Mexican comal or other flat bottomed pan. Remove the seed coating
and crush. Mix with minced almonds, fresh grated coconut, sugar
and a bit of vanilla to make a wonderful homemade candy.
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**Coconut
Palm See
The "P" Page PALM TREES
Coconut
Palm (Dwarf) See
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Coffee
Tree Coffea
arabica L.
Coffee trees are small, growing only to about 12 feet, but they
are beautiful with deep green shiny leaves and small fragrant white
flowers. Even the berries when ripe and red make the tree very appealing.
It is a member of the same family as ixora (see the I Page), but
I think it is much more attractive. It is said to take 1,000 seeds
to make 1 pound of coffee. Coffee grows best in cool temperatures
with moderate rainfall and extra shade. Oddly enough Montserrat
never developed coffee tree farms as did so many other Caribbean
islands.
Fertilizer: Use potassium and nitrogen.
Fruit: Coffee beans are usually harvested in November
and December. After the outer pulp is removed, the beans are allowed
to ferment to more easily remove the soft seed covering. Dry the
beans in the sun and then winnow the dry skins in the wind. Before
being ground, coffee can be stored for several months without losing
its flavor.
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**Coral
Bush See The "J"
Page JATROPHA
**Coral
Hibiscus Bush
See The "H" Page HIBISCUS -- Coral Hibiscus
Coral
Tree, Sunshine Tree Erythrina
indica picta
A bright yellow and green roundish leaved tree, the coral
is delightful giving us an attractive small tree for the garden
that not only provides colorful foliage, but large very appealing
orangey red flowers when it drops its leaves in late spring.
From: Its origin is Brazil and it does have the
exuberance that Brazil inspires.
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**Cordia
Tree, Geranium Tree, Geiger Tree Cordia sebestena
This lovely
tree has large round medium green papery leaves and routinely bears
clusters of very attractive reddish orange flowers which are most
abundant in the spring and summer. These flowers produce edible,
but not tasty, white golf ball sized seed fruits. This is another
of my survivor friends; the cordia is beautiful and tough!
From: The cordia tree is native to the Caribbean
Planting and care: The
cordia is well adapted to growing in dry and even salty conditions.
In ideal conditions it will grow to be about thirty feet tall with
a spread of about fifteen feet.
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**Coriander
Also
See
The
"F" Page
FITWEED
 **Corn
Zea
mays
This is sweet corn, food of the Gods!! Here in the
Caribbean cooked ears of corn are sold by the roadside and we sometimes
see a small field of corn growing. As in Mexico, hot weather makes
for tough corn, what I've always called "Cow Corn," which
grows and is prized in the American southeastern states. It just
doesn't equate with the dozens of ears of northern grown sweet corn
that I've consumed every summer all of my life. I grew corn in my
garden in Washington, D.C., and confirmed my belief that corn is
a field crop, meant to grow on acres and acres, not in a dedicated
six foot by six foot corner of the backyard garden. We've planted
corn in our banana garden and we'll let you know how it works out;
so far it doesn't look good.
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**Crape
Ginger See The
"G" Page GINGER -- Spiral Ginger
 Crape
Jasmine Gardenia jasminoides or Tabernaemontana
coronaria or Tabernaemontana divaricuta
Here in Montserrat we have a bush called gardenia, but it has no
scent and so can't possibly be even in the gardenia family. It has
shiny deep green leaves and creamy white flowers.
Planting and Care: The crape jasmine is a hardy
bush that grows at an alarming rate and all the while provides lovely
white blossoms. Sadly, they don't have much of a scent. Ours survives
in a semi shady area with little care; we have seen them also growing
as well with no care so these are wonderful plants to consider for
a tropical garen, but they lack the size and scent that truly defines
the gardenia of my dreams. This variety prefers full sun, moist
soil and a lot of fertilizer.
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**Crape
Myrtle, Crepe Myrtle Flowering Bush/Small Tree Lagerstroemia
indica
With its dark green leaves, the flowers on this small (normally
fifteen feet tall) tree really stand out. It requires full sun to
flower with its delicate, frilly, light purple/lavender or white
blossoms.
From: Originating
in South East Asia and Northern Australia, crape myrtle is now widely
spread around the globe.
 Planting
and Care: We have had good luck with our crape myrtles
planted in a sunny area where they normally bloom for months on
end beginning sometime in June. We then planted them as part of
a hedge in full shade several months ago and they are finally beginning
to thrive; they are even flowering. I read somewhere that providing
lots of moisture to young plants greatly speeds their growth and
it's true based on what we've seen; older established plants do
just fine with whatever rainfall comes their way. To stimulate production
of new flower stems, cut off the old ones; it not only works to
bring more flowers, but the bush itself seems enhanced.
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**Crepe
Ginger See The
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 **Croton
Leafy Bush Codiaeum variegatum
We have lots
of varieties of crotons with leaves and colors too numerous to mention.
The leaves can be both large and oval or round, or thin and long;
leaf shapes are as varied as the colors of this hardy bush.
Planting and care: The croton grows best outside
in the tropical sun, though it is often included in indoor office
plant beds because it is very hardy and will tolerate shade if it
has no choice. To See More Croton Click The Photo!
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Crown
of Thorns Euphorbia milii
This is a delightful easy to care for orange or yellow flowering
spiny cactus plant I had indoors in New England for years. Lo and
behold, I spied one in a neighbor's garden as we did our almost
daily neighborhood walk around. When that snowbird returns here
from New Jersey, I'll ask her for a stalk and add it to my cactus
garden collection.
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 **Cuban
Buttercup Tumeria ulmifolia
For
a tropical Caribbean environment this seems a bit of a mousey plant,
a little too cute for a place that has such extremes of heat and
rainfall. But, it might also be said that it is a welcome reminder
of more tame northern climates.
Planting
and Care: This is not much of an issue as they will appear
at will somewhere in your garden and they will get on with the business
of growing with no intervention from you. Come to think of it, these
are the perfect flowering plants!
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**Cuban
Oregano See The
"T" Page THYME, Spanish Thyme
**Cuban
Royal Palm See
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**Cucumbers
Cucumis sativus
What is known as a pickling cucumber in the United States is the
one most commonly sold in Caribbean food markets all the way from
Trinidad & Tobago to Montserrat. This plant holds up very well
to the strong sun and heat in this part of the world. This year
we planted a Chinese variety of cucumber, one of those very long
skinny ones with the soft skin. At first they grew well and we had
some six inch young cucumbers, but in the end this was not a successful
variety in a tropical environment.
Benefits: Eat the skin of organic cucumbers for
vitamins A and C and the fruit for its sulfur which is beneficial
to your skin, hair, and fingernails.
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Cumin
Cuminum cyminum
Cumin is an essential ingredient in many Indian dishes and
in such old American southwest favorites like chile con carne. Along
with oregano and cloves, cumin is the third major ingredient in
standard American "chili powder." It is aromatic whether
used as whole seeds or ground. The plant grows to be about 12"
high. We are going to plant it this year and see what happens. We'll
take a photograph and put it here if all goes well.
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Cup
and Saucer See CHINESE HAT Above
**Custard
Apple See The
"S" Page SOURSOP
**Cut
Leaf Philodendron See
The "P" Page PHILODENDRON, Cut Leaf Philodendron
Cycad
See The "P"
Page PALMS,
Cardboard Palm
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