Moonflower & double grapefruit in Puerto de la Cruz

[canarybird]

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August 1, 2013

Seen this morning in my Puerto de la Cruz garden: a moonflower vine (a member of the morning glory family that opens at night) which looks like tonight it will have at least six more blooms, and a double grapefruit that should be interesting to see when it's cut open.

The moonflower blooms last for only one day.

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[Malteser Monkey]

How amazing - you have grapefruits ?

what else do you grow CB

[canarybird]

MM....yes I have grapefruits, peaches and a small lime tree.

I used to grow green beans, lettuce, tomatoes but gave that up as too much work with so many insects and fungus here. I even grew yellow turnips (called swede or rutabaga) (http://seedtofeedme.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/what-is-difference-between-turnip-and.html) one year but the greenery on top was so heavy with white fly that I didn't try again. Also I had to get the seeds from Canada.

But I do keep pots of herbs going for the kitchen: rosemary, basil, wild celery, thyme and Italian parsley and a little bay leaf tree that came from a cutting from Italy years ago.

[Malteser Monkey]

MM....yes I have grapefruits, peaches and a small lime tree.

I used to grow green beans, lettuce, tomatoes but gave that up as too much work with so many insects and fungus here. I even grew yellow turnips (called swede or rutabaga) (http://seedtofeedme.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/what-is-difference-between-turnip-and.html) one year but the greenery on top was so heavy with white fly that I didn't try again. Also I had to get the seeds from Canada.

But I do keep pots of herbs going for the kitchen: rosemary, basil, wild celery, thyme and Italian parsley and a little bay leaf tree that came from a cutting from Italy years ago.

All sounds lovely - Swede is my favourite veg:yum: