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 ...

One of my favorite fruit-bearing plants is Acerola, also known as Barbados Cherry, West Indian Cherry and Malpighia emarginata, it is a fruiting shrub for home orchards and the landscape.

Here's a great cherry substitute for warmer climates called the Barbados cherry or Acerola or West Indian cherry. It's a known "superfood" due to its antioxidant qualities and amazing vitamin C ...

Looking for a new fruit tree to try in your yard? Consider the Barbados Cherry, known for flowering and bearing fruit much of the year.

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, not ...

Question: What is the best spacing for Malpighia glabra plants and how tall will they grow in College Station, TX?

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 ...

Texas has its own native cherry blossom, the dwarf Barbados cherry. You'll want to incorporate this native bloomer into the spring landscape with Texas redbud, flowering quince, spirea and azaleas ...

Looking for a new fruit tree to try in your yard? Consider the Barbados Cherry, known for flowering and bearing fruit much of the year.