Coccoloba uvifera
Sea grape
Medium to large flowering plant, native to coastal beaches in tropical Americas and the Caribbean. It is a flowering plant that has spikes of small greeney-white starry slightly fragrant flowers from mid Spring to mid Summer, that are followed by long clusters of small fruit which become reddish when ripe, and can be eaten. This plant is salt-tolerant
Contributed by @vaman
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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All soil conditions
Common name
Sea grape
Latin name
Coccoloba uvifera
type
Evergreen shrub or tree
family
Polygonaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
All soil conditions
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
5.00 M
7.50 M
Coccoloba uvifera
Medium to large flowering plant, native to coastal beaches in tropical Americas and the Caribbean. It is a flowering plant that has spikes of small greeney-white starry slightly fragrant flowers from mid Spring to mid Summer, that are followed by long clusters of small fruit which become reddish when ripe, and can be eaten. This plant is salt-tolerant
Flowering
From Mid Spring TO Mid Summer
Sea Grapes flower any time from mid Spring to mid Summer
Propagating by seed
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
Sea Grapes reproduce by seed naturally. The seed cannot be stored successfully, so growing new plants from seed needs to be done straight away when the seed is ripe.
Propagating by cuttings
From Late Spring TO Mid Summer
Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)
Planting
From Early Summer TO Early Summer
Plant out seedlings to a sunny site in early Summer
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