We have a real variety of growth on our property. The climate here is close to that of the Congo. I'm not a gardener or a landscape expert by a long shot. But, my wife seems to think she knows what might be a weed.
Of the wild growth along the edges of the property there is sweet potato growing. Identifying them was pretty easy, cause digging one up there you see the root/potato.
But, we had a growth, that she kept telling me to cut back and keep low that she said was a weed. So, for a couple of years I did just that. Now these growths, grew extremely fast, and grew all year around. I would guess they grew 4-6 inches a month or more. I kept thinking with leaves that large it has to be a shrub and not a weed.
So, I finally took a cutting to a nursery and asked what it was. They said it was an Almendra tree (Almond). I also found out that the ones they had that were 4-5 feet tall were over $100.00.
We had ones that were over 8' high (cause I quit cutting them down). Now for the heartbreak. I tried transplanting one to the front yard where we lost a huge Eucalyptus tree during Wilma. No luck, didn't grow. I tried transplanting the second attempt with the same dirt that the root grew in, and it too didn't make it. So, now I'm in a quandary on how to transplant. The first was cared for with watering on frequent intervals. The second was limited in watering because the growing ones got very little water. I only have 6 left.
Any suggestions?
Of the wild growth along the edges of the property there is sweet potato growing. Identifying them was pretty easy, cause digging one up there you see the root/potato.
But, we had a growth, that she kept telling me to cut back and keep low that she said was a weed. So, for a couple of years I did just that. Now these growths, grew extremely fast, and grew all year around. I would guess they grew 4-6 inches a month or more. I kept thinking with leaves that large it has to be a shrub and not a weed.
So, I finally took a cutting to a nursery and asked what it was. They said it was an Almendra tree (Almond). I also found out that the ones they had that were 4-5 feet tall were over $100.00.
We had ones that were over 8' high (cause I quit cutting them down). Now for the heartbreak. I tried transplanting one to the front yard where we lost a huge Eucalyptus tree during Wilma. No luck, didn't grow. I tried transplanting the second attempt with the same dirt that the root grew in, and it too didn't make it. So, now I'm in a quandary on how to transplant. The first was cared for with watering on frequent intervals. The second was limited in watering because the growing ones got very little water. I only have 6 left.
Any suggestions?
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