Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Mango - Mamuang
After a long pause growing and documenting plants I have restarted to add new plants. Several new plants will follow soon.
The Mango Tree is a tropical tree bearing delicious fruit.
Have a look at our Mango page to find out how easy it is to grow your own Mango Tree.
Basket of ripe Mangos

Monday, June 4, 2018
Clitoria Ternatea - Butterfly Pea
Clitoria Ternatea - Blue Pea Page with tips to grow a Butterfly Pea Bush - Blue Pea (Clitoria Ternatea) added today.
The Butterfly Pea is a bush native to SE Asia whose vivid blue flowers are used by the locals for centuries to brew a refreshing tea (Blue Tea) and use the color for food coloring. The flowers are rich in antioxidants, flavonoids and peptides said to have many medicinal benefits.
Have a look at our Clitoria Ternatea a page to find out how easy it is to grow your own Butterfly Pea and brew your own Blue Tea from the flowers.
Flowering Butterfly Pea bush

Blue Tea varieties
Blue tea is brewed using the dried or fresh flowers of the Butterfly Pea bush. You can drink it hot or iced and add lemon juice or other juices up to your liking. The flavour of Blue Tea is woody and earthy.
Blue Tea

Blue Tea with lemon
Adding some lemon juice or other acidic liquid and the tea changes color to purple.
Monday, May 29, 2017
Grow Carambola from Seeds
Starfruit Page with tips to grow a Starfruit Tree - Carambola (Averrhoa carambola) added today.
Have a look at our Carambola page to find out how easy it is to grow your own Starfruit tree.
Have fun growing your own Starfruits.
Starfruit Flowers and Fruit

Ripe Starfruit

Thursday, May 25, 2017
Carambola - Starfruit
Tips to grow Carambola (Starfruit) from seeds coming soon.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
New Plant Pages added
Pages with tips to grow a Chiclet Tree - Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), a Ginko Biloba and a Chocolate Tree - Cocoa (Theobroma Cacao) added.
More plant pages to come soon…
Sapodilla Tree

Ginkgo Branch

Theobroma Cacao - Chocolate Tree
