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Between my house, my moms house, and a vacant lot she owns...Im able to grow a wide variety of things.

Ive a lot of fruit trees that were in the the late 1990s which are only just beginning to bear. Mango cultivars include Ice Cream, Carrie, Nam Doc Mai, Glenn, Cogshall, Beverly, Malika (NB), Van Dyke, Valencia Pride, Lancetilla, Gold Nuggets (NB), Keitt and Edward. My Litchis are Mauritius, Hak Ip, Sweet Heart (still in its pot) and Kwai Mai Pink. The Longans are Kohala, Diamond River and Biew Kiew. My Sapodillas are "Ciku" and Alano. Ive a Kari Carambola. Bananas include Namwah, Brazillian, Kru and Mysore. My Loquat is Premier. Ive 4 Jakfruit grown from NS-1 seed. I also have a Kwai-Muk(NB) from Fairchild. Avocados include Donnie(NB), Choquette(NB), Kampong(NB), Russel(NB) and Waldin(NB). My atemoya is a release from Zills called "48-26". Supposedly a heavy fruiter...its yet to set fruit. My mamey is an excellent but unknown variety that makes my Cuban neighbors extremely happy.

I like Bamboo. Varieties include "Timor Black", Yellow Bambusa vulgaris, "Wamin," D. Hamiltonii, D. Asper and Bambusa Chungii. I also grow a Gigantochloa atroviolacea thats not black...this begs the question, is it really G. atroviolacea?

I like Orchids, particularly pendant Dendrobiums, Grammotophylums, Oncidium and Cattleyas.

I like fragrance, so my pool has a Ylang-Ylang at one end and Michellia Alba at the other. I also grow Aglaia Odorata, sometimes called "fish egg" jasmine, which which has a delightful smell. Other fragrant plants include Brugmansia and Murraya Paniculata (Orange Jessamine).

I live in: United States

My zone is: z10b, Miami, FL

First registered on April 24,2003.