GUMBO LIMBO, A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF FLORIDA'S NATURAL HISTORY: Caring for the Iconic Tree
Florida's landscape is a vibrant tapestry woven with natural wonders, but few stand out like the native gumbo limbo tree. This captivating character, nicknamed the "tourist tree" for its fiery peeling bark, isn't just a visual feast - it's a testament to resilience and a living story unfolding through the seasons. Join us as we unveil how she grows, tree character, as well as detailed care tips on this wonderful resilient native tree.
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Hi! I’m Michael, Landscape Architect and Environmentalist. We provide free professional gardening / landscape design advice for those who live here in South Florida and well as helpful videos on caring for house plants. This channel was created to share with you the garden enthusiast what I learned all these years in a fun and informative way.
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Thanks, Michael. This tree is on my must have list.
I have several young Gumbo Limbos in pots. They grow like weeds here in South Florida. So I finally planted two in my yard this past year. You can't easily kill these trees. There are incredibly resilient and i have found them to be very drought tolerant as well. As far as pests, I recently had an infestation of aphids on one of them, but at the same time, ladybugs started to appear on my young tree and it seems that the ladybugs took care of the aphids for me. Really amazing! I'll have to keep watching for that. Otherwise, the two that are in the ground are doing very well and growing fast.
I'm glad I saw this video. So now I know I absolutely need to cut and prune this down a lot. My home builders used this tree and although it looks nice now, but it's too close to my patio and house and can damage it.
wow, that's a really neat tree, great form, exfoliating bark, tropical look to it. I wonder if the flowers or fruit are ornamental? Thanks for showing that.
@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN
6 ай бұрын
Hi there. The Gumbo's flowers and fruit are not very showy in their appearance. 😀🪴
make video on pink trumphet tree ( tabebuia rosea)
Is it in the Crepe Myrtle? The bark resembles it very much! Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. 🥰🙌🏼🙌🏼
@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN
6 ай бұрын
Hi there! Both trees have some similarities with wonderfully interesting bark, but genetically, the crape myrtle is in Loosestrife family and the Gumbo is in the Frankincense family, so they are unrelated offshoots from Phylogenetic tree of life chart😀🪴
@AwakenedOne447
6 ай бұрын
@@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGNthank you. 🙌🏼🙌🏼
I wonder if anyone has tried to group it in zone 9a. I know its typically south florida native but we rarely get hard frost in the area of 9a that Im in. At least we haven't in years
@LETSGROWGARDENDESIGN
Ай бұрын
Hi there, you could try growing the Gumbo, but I would recommend a protected area ( a wind break like installing on the south side of house) away from NW winter winds. 😀 🪴