i only know a few that are metro accessible but are not big or interesting ones.

the best one is probably superplants but that's a bit far in villa altagracia. it's like an hour and a half away i believe. it has a lot of stuff. i am looking forward to go there again.

there's one at the botanical park dr rafael moscoso. it's open weekdays. they are all from seed. some are old and flower already.

every year there's a fair in the park and "la feria".  different nurseries sell grafted varieties so i buy then.

you can buy some fruit at supermercado nacional and there you have the seed.

there are more places but they are far...cotuí,bani...

thanks,it really does look A LOT like this.

with the fat and soft chubby leaves.

but will have to wait for the fruit.

well you have to look at the us plant hardiness zone map to have an idea. i think it's the extreme minimum and not the average minimum.

i am near north santo domingo just bellow "parque mirador norte" and the rio isabela. my extreme minimum is 15 to 18C. so i think i am in zone 13A. maybe this is because of the river.
i believe zone 12 is maybe jarabacoa. zone 11 is constanza. zone 10 is upper constanza. zone 9 is valle nuevo.

rollinia is candongo/biriba, caimito is a sapote relative, pitaya is a cactus fruit.


i use mail boxes for seed and never had a problem..when i used the local one i almost never received them.

it would be funny but i don't think so.

they sell it as garcinia spp and they also sell m.americana.
that's endemic here so they know it well.

oh yes that's a good idea. i guess i will have to ask about the origin of these seeds and maybe take a look at the fruit.

hello vecinos.

welcome to the forum.

yes auyama is the local squash variety.

well if the mango is poly you better grow at least 2 from the same seed to be sure. i am growing gota de oro,puntica and frabricó from seeds.


to the vecino number 2

too bad pickering is mono.
i now have a farm in north santo domingo with 21 tareas...with the purpose of growing fruit trees and native species so you can't say you don't have space. i'm looking for security, to move a family there if you someone.

your plants top to bottom.

cherimoya
litchi
sapindus saponaria...possible.
annona reticulata?
mimusops

yep you have to wait for the fruit...it could also be a calyptranthes btw.

very cool greenhouse...too much stuff lol.

the one in min 12 seems to be a "stopper" type of eugenia.

plants are looking really good

3 garcinia?
5 giat miracle fruit? pouteria?
7 jaboticaba
8 spondias?

well if i found myself stranded with no food here...things no one would eat but i would.

samanea saman
pithecellobium dulce
hibiscus rosa sinensis
purslane
limeberry
noni
snails

that's a random muntigia seedling in the garden...the cuttings are from the parent.

even the new resprouts look green.

this is mine that got taller than a house in just 2 years.