Our winter time in Central Florida is still a time to sow seeds and watch our other plants and trees. We keep a good feeding schedule with our entire site, we observe and actually have a journal in which we add data about when we planted an item, when we fertilized, and other data that we feel is important. We also note the condition of the plant and look close for any developments. This to me is a great joy to look as we often feel as caretakers of our plants and want to see if we are on the road to gardening success or if we need to get busy finding solutions!
We recently went to
Quality Green Specialists Inc. in Deland and saw exactly what we felt were the twins of our current plants that we felt were struggling. Many of our trees have lost leaves and look as if they are sticks, but alas we find out about trees that are deciduous or evergreen. Deciduous simply means it sheds it leaves annually and evergreen is as it sounds.
We were very happy to see many of the same specimen we are growing in zone 9B are looking the same in zone 9A slightly north of us. Apparently pomegranate can be either evergreen or deciduous depending on variety but we feel ours is the leave shedding deciduous variety. We also noted our blueberry and fig looked as barren as the nursery's specimens and felt relieved we have a fighting chance after the winter for growth! Note the sparse leaf coverage on each specimen which as I found out is common in the winter here in Central Florida.
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| Goji Berries |
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| Persimmon (look like bare sticks!) |
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| Pomegranate |
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