Wednesday Weeds: Delectable but Dangerous

They are not ripe yet, but they soon will be. Strawberry guava (Psidium cattlelianum) fruits supposedly taste somewhat like strawberries. Another common name, Cattley guava, honors 19th Century English horticulturalist William Cattley, as does the species name, cattleianum. The genus name, Psidium, means…

Weeds of Wednesday: Worst of Worst

Old world climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) makes air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) look docile.  Beware if you see a fern climbing in your yard, shown above along with air potato and cattley guava (Psidium littorale), yet another invasive pest plant. Like all…