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
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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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