Cajunrider
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Just pulled the trigger on a Barbados Cherry. I now anxiously await shipping. I blame all y'all for these impulse buys. It's all y'all's fault! Y'all know who y'all are.
I blame BNutters
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I have a couple little ones, I like them a lot. They bloom all summer, and grow like weeds, even in the winter. They have nice bark, mine are the weeping variety. Easy care, just don't let them dry out completely. They respond well to clip and grow.
Anthony
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This is a Barbados or West Indian cherry.
Edible fruit high vit. c. - 1/4 pound of cherries enough vit. c for
a month. Malphigia e [ was Malpighia glabra ]
Sub- Tropical to South Texas.
The others are weeping cherry or uther [ Malpighia punicifolia .... ]
Not sure if fruit is edible.
Good Day
Anthony
Shrub to about 16 feet
Edible fruit high vit. c. - 1/4 pound of cherries enough vit. c for
a month. Malphigia e [ was Malpighia glabra ]
Sub- Tropical to South Texas.
The others are weeping cherry or uther [ Malpighia punicifolia .... ]
Not sure if fruit is edible.
Good Day
Anthony
Shrub to about 16 feet
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Why did you buy one of those. You should not have
pweifan
Shohin
Any pics, Carol?
I'm at work, can't you tell?
I'll take a couple when I get home. I do have this one picture on my computer. 
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Anthony
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Forgot to mention -
The Barbados / West Indian Cherry also at the height of
our dry season April / May will self defo;iate.
So you also have a second way of showing off your shrub.
It is a full sun, thirsty plant.
So we use the 1/3 - 5 mm silica based gravel, 1/3 crushed
5 mm earthenware brick [ porous ] and 1/3 aged compost;
Roots grow rapidly, and the above soil mix resists being crushed
and encourages fine roots.
In clay or clay type mixes, this shrub develops thick roots
rapidly.
House next door has one growing in the yard since 1960.
Supplies all the new seedlings.
Good Day
Anthony
The Barbados / West Indian Cherry also at the height of
our dry season April / May will self defo;iate.
So you also have a second way of showing off your shrub.
It is a full sun, thirsty plant.
So we use the 1/3 - 5 mm silica based gravel, 1/3 crushed
5 mm earthenware brick [ porous ] and 1/3 aged compost;
Roots grow rapidly, and the above soil mix resists being crushed
and encourages fine roots.
In clay or clay type mixes, this shrub develops thick roots
rapidly.
House next door has one growing in the yard since 1960.
Supplies all the new seedlings.
Good Day
Anthony
