Paperwhite Narcissus
Paperwhites are popping up all over here in Zone 8 North Florida. They are one of the earliest blooming of the Narcissus and a welcome sight at this gloomy time of year. If they aren't blooming in your area yet, Download a large version of these to display on your desktop.

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Part 15 of Flowering Plants of Hawaii

In this latest post in his Flowering Plants of Hawaii series Bruce surveys the families Cuscutaceae, Droseraceae, Ebenaceae and Elaeagnaceae as represented on the Hawaiian Islands. Click to read Part 14 or here for menu and introduction.

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Cichorum intybus
You can't tell by looking but radicchio and loose leaf chicory are the same species and Steve grows both in his All Season Vegetable Garden.

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I spend most of my life in front of the computer - if not for music I would be insane(r). In this space I'll share some of my favorite tunes: country, jazz, world, downtempo, lounge, electronic, house, classical, disco and whatever... ~DJ Jack.

Stella
We're featuring tracks used in TV commercials this week - this 1992 trance classic by German duo Jam and Spoon has appeared in luxury car ads.

Previous Picks Playlist:
Yachts (A Man Called Adam Remix) by Coco Steel & Lovebomb
If I Should Fall From Grace With God by The Pogues
4 am by Nite Flyte
Seminole Wind by John Anderson
The Enchanted Sea by Martin Denny
Bumpin' by Wes Montgomery
Dindi by Astrud Gilberto

Sechium edule
The chayote squash is one of the many unusual vegetables that Steve grows in his North Florida garden. Other interesting food plants he's growing (and you can too) include:

parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)
orach (Atriplex hortensis)
pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
Rangpur lime (Citrus x limonia)
winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)
yacón (Polymnia sonchifolia)

Pyrostegia venusta
The spectacular flame vine blooms at this time of year in Zone 9-10. Many of the showiest of these tropical vines are rampant growers suited only for large properties - or are invasive and should not be grown outside of their native locations.

More tropical species to know, if not to actually grow:
cape honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)
chalice vine (Solandra maxima)
jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys)
Bengal clock vine (Thunbergia grandiflora)
Mexican creeper (Antigonon leptopus)
flaming glorybower (Clerodendrum splendens)
wooly congea (Congea tomentosa)