Moonflower, bishop's egg and maritime pine: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Common names, scientific names, use and care, cultivation and propagation tips, flowering habits, history and little-known facts for the curious tourist or resident
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Desert rose, dracaena and pothos: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the desert rose, dracaena and pothos.
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Ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the ponytail palm, croton and dwarf poinciana.
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Crossandra, mango and jellybean plant: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the crossandra, mango and jellybean plant.
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Coffee, swamp lily and heliconia: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the coffee tree, swamp lily and heliconia.
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Celosia, century plant and coconut palm: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the celosia, century plant and coconut palm.
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Wildflower hunting in Durango
Driving across the state of Durango, flowers paint each region's landscapes with local colors. Wildflower lovers enjoy Durangan flowers nearly all year long because a few hardy species tough out the re...
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Caladium, candleabra cactus and canna lily: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the caladium, candleabra cactus and canna lily.
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Buttonwood, calabash and butterfly palm: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the buttonwood, calabash and butterfly palm.
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Bougainvillea, breadfruit and bromeliads: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are bougainvillea, breadfruit and bromeliads.
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Did You Know? Mexico's national flower is the humble dahlia
With more than 30,000 native flowering plants to choose from, who would have thought that the humble dahlia would become Mexico's national flower?
The earliest known description of the dahlia (known t...
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Did You Know? Birth control pills come from Mexican yams
The oral contraceptive pill, often referred to simply as "the Pill" was officially fifty years old on October 15, 2001. In the words of The Economist: it "was arguably the first lifestyle drug t...
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Bismark palm, bottle palm and blue agave: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the bismark palm, bottle palm and blue agave.
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Bamboo, banana and bird of paradise: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are bamboo, banana and bird of paradise.
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Triangle palm, yucca and thunbergia: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the triangle palm, yucca and thunbergia.
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Allamanda, tulipan and zamia: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the allamanda, tulipan and zamia.
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Acalypha, anthurium and sago palm: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Three beautiful options for your tropical garden in Mexico are the acalypha, anthurium and sago palm.
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Gorgeous giants
The next time you find yourself in a tropical or subtropical zone, take a closer look at some of the large and lovely foliage.
One of the most delightful surprises of any tropical vacation is recogniz...
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Tropical blues: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico
Blue can be compelling as the neon flash of a bird's wing, or quiet as a cloud, but it is never unnerving, always drawing the viewer to relax and witness its timeless grace.
In music, blues are associ...
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Enough water hyacinths, more than enough
Ancient Chinese proverb say ox in ditch bad news. Really bad if your ox.
Lirio (water hyacinths) on Lake Chapala, in the colorful state of Jalisco, in this magical country called Mexico, is bad news. ...
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Did You Know? - Nochebuena / Poinsettia
Nochebuena, the Mexican name of the flower English-speakers call poinsettia, was discovered in Taxco and the valleys surrounding Cuernavaca. Known by the Aztecs in their native Nahuatl language as cuet...
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Ajijic's Favorite Landscaped Gardens
A gated entrance to this garden follows the principles of Feng Shui, inviting you to enter gracefully into the "house of water" - the area corresponding to an easy flow of life as prescribed by F...
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