Hoya – Wax Plant One of my favorite plants is the Hoya or Wax Plant. Grown in hanging baskets indoors or outdoors, it makes for a striking plant with generally smooth thick leaves of different shapes and colors depending on the species. Hoyas are evergreen, epiphytic vines and are reportedly grown without soil and on […]
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Ginger – Zingiber officinale Horticulturists know it as Zingiber officinale or common ginger, ginger root. This variety of ginger produces the thick rhizomes that we use as a spice for eating or use for drinks. Ginger originated in China and has many health benefits such as treating nausea, reducing muscle pain, soreness and as an
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Creating a Tropical Garden Tropical plants have long been a part of the New Orleans garden. Often providing color during the sweltering summer heat. Because freezing temperatures can be occasional, we can find success in using tropical plants as accents and to provide lushness to the garden. I visited South Florida recently and was shocked
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Butterfly Ginger – Butterfly Lily – Common Ginger Lily – Hedychium coronarium This tropical herbaceous perennial, originated in tropical Asia. Reportedly introduced to New Orleans before 1860. This ginger is not a true ginger although it is in the same family as the ginger we eat. It is used for medicinal purposes in tropical countries.
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Holiday Cactus If your Christmas cactuses have finished blooming don’t throw them away. Christmas cactuses can become long-lived house plants that will bloom year after year. Move them next to a sunny window or place them on your porch or patio throughout the summer and into fall. Christmas cactus is known by the scientific name
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