Local Plants
Events and Meetings
Events News from the Club-December 2016
NEWS FROM THE MAYAN GARDEN CLUB December 2016 The Mayan Garden club should now be called the Mayan Garden Gourmet Club. After a great Day of the Dead at Muriel and Lea’s in […]
Wildlife
Out Our Backdoor-Locusts
LOCUSTS Ahead, Duck and Run For Cover October 2016 Perhaps you noticed, a few weeks ago, a sudden influx into our area of very large grasshoppers, flying through the air, chomping on […]
Local Plants
Local Plants
Plants-Trumpet Tree
Mayan Garden Club Tip Of The Month- January 2017 Trumpet tree- Spanish name-Guarambo The wild trumpet tree grows abundantly in the Yucatan and reaches 20-25 meters in […]
Wildlife
Out Our Backdoor – Gray Foxes
Out our backdoor —— is a gray fox! The fully grown gray fox has a mix of white, red black and grey fur, while the new born pups are brownish-black. The reddish-brown markings on its […]
Gardening Tips
How to Propagate Hibiscus
How to Propagate Hibiscus – Step 1 – find the end of a stem that does not have buds or active flowers and cut it long enough to make one or more 6-8 inch pieces. […]
Local Plants
La Flor de Nochebuena (Poinsettias)
La Flor de Nochebuena (Poinsettias) We are used to seeing Poinsettias only at Christmas in US and Canada but Poinsettias are indigenous to Mexico. They started here and grow like crazy outside. In a short […]
Wildlife
Out Our Backdoor – Tarantulas
Tarantula, Giant Spider Terror or Sweet Fuzzy Friend? It’s large…it’s furry…it has eight legs…and it’s coming…to eat your insects!! *screams* Yes, it’s a tarantula, one of our area’s most feared creatures. But they only look […]
Wildlife
Out Our Backdoor – Spider Monkey
Spider Monkeys live in the tropical forests of Central and South America from southern Mexico to Brazil. They are critically endangered and at extremely high risk of extinction due in part to logging and deforestation […]