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Nikitas_10a, Corfu

Corfu
Greece
About me: I find the challenge of growing exotic plants hard to resist. In my small garden I grow the following:
a) Bananas (7 varieties)
- Williams hybrid,
- Ice cream,
- Goldfinger
- Double Mahoi
- Dwarf Cavendish
- 2 unidentified varieties
b) Citrus
i. Orange
- Washington navel
- Valencia
- Salustiana
- Dolce
- Sanguini
ii. Lemon
iii. Mantarin
iv. Limetta
v. Limes
- Key
- Bearss
c) Pineapple (ananas comosus)
d) Italian pine (pinus pinea)
e) Palm trees
- washingtonia robusta
- phoenix dactylifera (medjool, khalas, barhee, khadrawy, jarvis)
f) Various flowers like
- bougainvillea (2 types)
- birds of paradise (strelitzia reginae)
- jasmine and stephanotis
- plumeria
g) Passiflora edulis (purple passion fruit)
h) Guava psidium
i) Cherimoya
j) Mango in containers (Irwin, )

My zone is: z10a Corfu
GardenWeb Member: nikitas_10a - May 30, 2005
Commented: Help please - Is this a citrus LEAF MINER problem? I've been using neem oil to successfully combat CLM for several years now. The trick is to spray with neem oil just -say 2-3 weeks- before the bugs show up. In my area I spray around the middle of Jun...
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Commented: Looking for Olive Seeds If you are still looking for olive seeds, I can get you some, since they grow everywhere here in Greece, and now they are ripe. However, germination can be tricky because they need stratification. Che...
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Commented: Reliable place to buy or get cuttings? Hi Jo, I would recommend Encanto farms nursery. They have a huge selection of fig varieties. Nikitas Here is a link that might be useful: Encanto farms nursery
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