How to tend a Pimenta dioica

Also known as: Myrtus aromatica Poir., Myrtus aromatica Salisb., Myrtus dioica L., Myrtus pimenta L., Myrtus piperita Sessé & Moc., Pimenta aromatica Kostel., Pimenta communis Benth. & Hook.f., Pimenta officinalis Lindl., Pimenta officinalis var. cumanensis Schiede & Deppe, Pimenta pimenta (L.) H.Karst., Pimenta vulgaris Bello, Pimenta vulgaris Lindl., Pimentus aromatica Raf., Pimentus geminata Raf., Pimentus vera Raf., Eugenia pimenta var. longifolia DC., Eugenia pimenta var. ovalifolia DC., Myrtus pimenta var. brevifolia Hayne, Myrtus pimenta var. longifolia Sims, Pimenta officinalis var. longifolia (Sims) O.Berg, Pimenta officinalis var. ovalifolia (DC.) O.Berg, Caryophyllus pimenta (L.) Mill., Eugenia micrantha Bertol., Eugenia pimenta (L.) DC., Evanesca crassifolia Raf., Pimenta communis Lindl., Evanesca micrantha Bertol., Pimenta officinalis var. tenuifolia O.Berg

Watering

Keep soil moist

Sunlight

Like sunshine, resistant to half shade

Soil

Peat or soil with specific nutrients

Fertilizer

Mainly use base fertilizers, top-dressing at the late stages

Pruning

Remove dead and diseased branches timely

About this plant

Origin
West Indies, Central America
Category
Myrtaceae, Pimenta
Size
Diameter ≥ 20 cm, height 20-30 cm
Blooming period
Flowering period May-July
Flower colors
white
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