The almost-mythical lignum vitae tree is surprisingly easy to grow ... as well as the very south of South Florida — only Monroe and Miami-Dade counties as an escaped ornamental.

A prominent Florida financier ... As beautiful as the lignum vitae trees are, arching over the trail, the poisonwood makes more of an impression. Touch it – or even its dead, dried-out fruit ...

Kenneth Setzer Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden The almost-mythical lignum vitae tree is surprisingly easy to grow. It suffers from a reputation as slow growing and hard to find, but this native ...

Today, let’s take a look at a lesser known flowering tree, Bulnesia arborea also known as Verawood and Maracaibo Lignum vitae ... however, in Florida it is usually 40 to 50 feet tall by ...

It is so heavy, it does not float. Lignum vitae is the national tree of the Bahamas and the national flower of Jamaica. Visit the Lignum vitae in the South Conservatory of Franklin Park ...

Lignum vitae is an attractive member of the small Zygophyllaceae family. Surprisingly, this wood of life tree is underused in local landscapes mostly because of its slow growth habit.

THE lignum-vitae. It is from this tree that Jamaica derives its national flower and perhaps there is little wonder why. Known scientifically as Guaiacum officinale, the lignum-vitae is a slow ...