Phytographica

I'm now going to start a section about a couple of my wife's plants. She had a small collection of cacti and succulents when we star...

First of all, I have to qualify that I could easily have mislabeled these. The aloes are definitely Aloes , but could be some other species....

I just realized that for whatever reason I'm growing both the smallest and largest citrus fruits. Both kumquats and pomelos are members ...

Dudleya farinosa is a hearty little succulent that seems to grow out of the tiniest of cracks in the sandy cliffs overlooking the Pacific u...

The loquat Eriobotrya japonica is an extremely easy to grow plant in the rose family. The genus name means quite literally, woolly bunch of...

Persea americana is a member of the laurel family. The genus name was taken from the Greek persea , the name of an unrelated Egyptian tree ...

In order to save space, I have about 2 or 3 "seed pots" where I toss random seeds in the hope that they will eventually germinate....