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Field Notes: The Passion Flower
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Field Notes: The Passion Flower

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the March 1954 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally.  There are several species of the Passion Flower which thrive in Bermuda, such as Passiflora quadrangularis (the "Granadilla"), P. edulis (the "Passion Fruit"), P. laurifolia (the "Water Lemon") and P. pectinata (the native "Passion Flower"). The latter is a very small flowered species and is found growing wild in the Harrington Sound area. In…


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Summer in the Garden

In the summer, we humans may be less-active gardeners, especially during the hotter months of July and August. It’s then we particularly appreciate our flowering shady trees—royal poincianas, for example, ebony and golden shower trees—for refuge from the sun. The…


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A Plethora of Pots: The Pleasures of Container Gardening

If Great Britain is a nation of gardeners, then the same can definitely be said of Bermuda where almost every house, humble or grand, boasts a garden of some kind. For apartment or condominium dwellers or others with confined living…


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Winter in the Garden

This last year, has certainly been an extraordinary year, but good has come out of it. For example, as horticulturists in Bermuda will tell you, interest in growing vegetables and fruits has soared. Perhaps lockdown and travel restrictions have meant…


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Fall in the Garden

Yet another year has gone by and after a year of COVID ups and downs, we are once again at the start of our growing season. As usual, this is the season for weeding, sifting and fertilising our garden soil,…

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How to Bring Your Garden Back After a Hurricane

There is no time for tears in the garden after a storm as there is plenty of work to be done. First thing, if you have electricity and water, is to wash the salt off your plants. If you don’t…