Spring is in the air, the Eugenias are blooming nicely
Now blooming (or soon to be blooming)
E. involucrata
E. pyriformis
E. reinwardtiana
E. mattosii
E. itaguahiensis
E. brasiliensis
E. pitanga
E. uniflora
E. ligustrina
E. calycina
E. candolleana
E. selloi
E. luschnathiana
E. florida
(i think that's all? but maybe I'm forgetting one?
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here are some pics!
first flowers E. brasiliensis seedling in ground
E. pitanga in ground, one of 4 flowering for the 2nd year...fruited last year...very tolerant of heat and poor soil
E. itaguahiensis (one of 5, in 10-15 gal pots, flowering for 2nd year, very tolerant of heat, delicious fruit just like Grumixama, but a smaller plant)
E. calycina (one of 7 seedlings, in 10-15 gal pots, approx 3yr old, from Miguel in Portugal, I believe they are all flowering for the first time this year, the flowers smell amazing, like clean laundry)
will try to post more pics of other Eugenias as they set fruit...really hoping for a decent crop on the E. pyriformis (sweet type), and E. involucrata (grafted Ben's Beaut, large fruited type)