Allspice, often mistaken for a spice blend, is actually the dried berry of the Pimenta dioica tree, native to Jamaica and Central America. Its flavor combines notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ...

While Christopher Columbus was busy mistaking the Americas for the East Indies, he also confused the identity of what we now know as allspice. Allspice berries look something like peppercorns, and ...

It’s a lovely time of year to get outside and gift the planting of a tree to yourself or a neighbor. Take the kids and/or grandkids to a local nursery and look for an appropriate specimen. One with ...

Allspice comes from a tree called Pimenta dioica. The evergreen tree is native to the West Indies, Mexico and Central America. It grows 20 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide. The dried unripe ...

In the April Green Pages, I asked the reader to consider what the Walsingham nature reserves look like now, how they looked like a few decades ago and what they looked like before man arrived in ...

Allspice (Pimenta dioica) grows best in tropical climates but fruit production needs more than one tree. Plants usually produce male or female flowers in summer, although male trees sometimes can ...

The calendar says it's fall even though here in sub-tropical Florida, the temperatures are still making us sweat. The fall solstice has come and gone and here on the Treasure Coast, the days are ...