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Landscaping: we just can’t stop planting!
Galphimia Vine (Tristellateia australasiae)
We could not resist starting to plant trees and shrubs on our lot even though a final site plan has not been done or even the final amount of filling determined. This is because we pass through Villa, Iloilo every time we travel from Iloilo City to Tigbauan and Villa is the garden of Iloilo. Villa is blessed with superb soil. This has resulted in thriving, pervasive plant, shrub and tree growing vendors practically everywhere in Villa. How can one drive past all these beautiful flowering plants and not want to take some home? We could not. Here’s a tally of what we’ve planted so far.
Manila (Christmas) palms
Royal palms
Bougainvillea (lots!)
Batuan http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/fresh-batuan
Allmanda aka Golden Trumpet, Yellow Bells
Indian Mango (from a pit left by workers)
Carabao Mango. We bought three grafted mangos and planted them July 9, 2009. Now in May, 2010 we had blossoms and tiny mangos.
Ten months after planting, we have tiny mangos.
Flame Tree (Delonix regia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Poinciana Ours is tiny. We are sad to note that most of the beautiful flame trees which graced General Luna Street in Iloilo City have been cut down to make way for a “flyover”. Update. Our flame or fire grew grew like crazy but unfortunately we had to transplant it due to construction. We worried that the tree would not survive but we babied it and it’s now growing vigorously.
Transplanted fire tree is thriving
Malunggay (Moringa oleifera) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malunggay
Pomelo (similar to grapefruit)
Calamansi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamansi
Gardenia
Coconut, Dwarf
Papayas grown from seed saved from a papaya we liked
Tomato, Roma (seems to be doing well)
Tamarind, Chinese http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Tama_ind.html
Banana, Lacatan. Many think this variety is the world’s best banana. The common banana avialble in the U.S. is the Cavendish, a large and comparatively tasteless variety. See http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/lacatan-latundan-senorita-bananas
Talisay (Umbrella Tree) This came as a “weed” in another plant we were given. We planted it and it’s growing like crazy! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminalia_catappa
Camote (for greens)
Avocado
Acacia (2″ in March 2009, 12′ in April 2010!)
Galphimia Vine (Tristellateia australasiae)
Madagascar Periwinkle (Vinca rosea)
Madagascar Periwinkle
Keffir Lime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffir_lime and http://www.thaitable.com/Thai/Ingredients/kaffir_lime_leaves.htm
Lemon Grass
Kang Kong – grows everywhere!
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Posted by GOIloilo on 12.30.09 4:23PM under Nature, Environment, Our House Project, Tigbauan, Iloilo
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Posted by Bjorn on 12.31.09 12:28 am
… you will have space enough for the house…
Happy New Year to you and all who enjoy your blog.
Bjorn
Posted by natie on 12.31.09 7:30 am
GO Go Go Bob and Carol!! if we have ripe Jackfruit this Feb, i’ll give you some seeds and the fruit, of course!! we have good variety of papayas, too
if you come across a good one, plant some pomelos too. Kefir limes?? wow! gotta have some of those in my yard, too.
Posted by lady k on 12.31.09 12:16 pm
Happy New Year Bob and Carol. Wishing you good health and good luck in 2010!!! Can’t wait to see your retirement home
come to reality. Thank you for keeping us all entertained…lady
Posted by joy on 01.08.10 3:52 pm
hello bob and carol,
happy new year. so happy you house project is finally underway. would you like to add Langkawas to your list of plants? This is the galangal ideal for thai curry dishes. Hami’s Kitchen has plenty of shoots. i’ll drop by sometime.
joy
Posted by Citas on 01.11.10 11:14 pm
Happy New Year Pals,
Joy, are you talking about the yellow ginger(luyang dilaw)?
luv that spice and the kefir lime leaves too.