A Barbados cherry is a source of berries, shelter, nectar and nesting sites. This versatile plant provides bed and breakfast for birds, bees, raccoons, deer and butterflies.

Dwarf Barbados cherry (Malpighia glabra ‘Nana') deserves more praise. Without coaxing or pampering, this 3- to 4-foot native produces small pink and white flowers late spring, summer and fall ...

Call it what you will: Barbados cherry, acerola, West Indian cherry, Puerto Rican cherry, Jamaican cherry or — to be exact — Malpighia glabra. Floridians usually call it Barbados cherry… ...

West Indian Cherry was introduced to Florida in the late 1880s by Pliny Reasoner, ... One of my favorite fruit-bearing plants is Acerola, also known as Barbados Cherry, ...

Another name for the plant, Barbados cherry, hints that it is native to Central America and the Caribbean. Hawaiian sugar planters brought acerola to Hawaii around 1946 as a commercial crop to ...

Barbados cherries also require moist soil, so regular watering is a must. Make sure to plant your Barbados cherry in well-draining soil and fertilize them twice a year.

The Barbados cherry is native to the West Indies in the Caribbean. While not a true cherry, its “cherry-like” fruit has been grown in the southern half of Florida for years.

Acerola cherry is a plant that is native to tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere. It’s also commonly called the West Indies cherry, Barbados cherry, or just simply “acerola.” ...

The ultimate size that any plant attains depends on a number of factors the most important of which are soil, water, light and temperature. (the genes of your individual plant count too). In ...