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Curcuma: one plant, two powers - color and spice! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Curcuma - Siam Tulip, Turmeric

🌷 Curcuma: one plant, two powers - color and spice!
  • 🌷 Curcuma, also called Siam Tulip or Turmeric, brings bold tropical blooms and practical benefits to your garden.
  • 🌷 The bright pink, white, yellow, or purple flowers rise above lush foliage and last up to two weeks in a vase.
  • 🌷 It's easy to grow in pots or beds - just keep the soil moist and give it filtered light.
  • 🌷 Best of all, the roots are the source of turmeric, the golden spice used in cooking and natural wellness. Beautiful above, useful below!


🛒 Plant Curcuma for cut flowers and herbal use

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▫️ Curcuma - the tropical tulip with a secret spice twist

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Why everyone's falling for the Hog Plum - the tropical fruit tree that does it all! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Why everyones falling for the Hog Plum - the tropical fruit tree that does it all!

Hog Plum tree (Spondias purpurea)

🍅 Why everyone's falling for the Hog Plum - the tropical fruit tree that does it all!
  • ♦️The Hog Plum tree (Spondias purpurea), that you saw blooming in March, set the fruit by May and now in July - it's finally ripening at TopTropicals garden, and wow, what a crop!
  • ♦️Also known as Jocote, Spanish Plum, or Purple Mombin, this fast-growing tropical tree is a superstar in the garden. It explodes with bright flowers right on bare branches in spring, then follows up with juicy, plum-like fruits that smell amazing and taste even better.
  • ♦️The fruits are super versatile - eat them fresh, cook them down with sugar, pickle them green, or even make a spread like apple butter. You can even cook the young leaves for a tangy side dish.
  • ♦️It grows fast, fruits early, and does great in all kinds of soil. Want a living fence that feeds you? This is it.
  • ♦️And it's not just tasty - Hog Plum is packed with vitamin C, fiber, and antioxidants. It’s refreshing, great for digestion, and may even help with blood pressure and blood sugar.
  • ♦️ If mango is king, Hog Plum is definitely next in line!


🛒 Sweet fruit, right this way!

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🔥 Featured: 7-Gal Royal Poinciana

Delonix regia

Bigger Tree, Bolder Start

Our 7-gal Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia) is the real deal. Carefully trimmed for strong branching, and ready to burst with tropical growth. Unlike smaller 3-gal plants, this tree already has a well-developed root system, woody trunk, and structural shape. It's ready to anchor your landscape or patio with presence.

While we trim it for safe shipping, this does not set the tree back — in fact, it encourages new lateral growth and canopy development. You’ll see fast recovery and faster flowering in the seasons ahead.

This tree is perfect for:

  • Creating instant tropical curb appeal
  • Adding shade and structure in a small space
  • Getting a head start on future blooms — it matures faster than small plants

Even if you're not in Florida, this 7-gal size brings the bold look of the Tropics — and yes, we'll ship it to you!

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Royal poinciana flower close up

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The fastest vine to cover a fence - everyone asks about it. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Thunbergia laurifolia - Blue Sky vine

💙 The fastest vine to cover a fence - everyone asks about it
  • 🔵 If you need a beautiful vine to cover your fence quickly - plant Thunbergia laurifolia, Thunbergia grandiflora - Blue Sky vine, Blue Trumpet Vine, Scrambling sky flower.
  • 🔵 This vigorous tropical climber explodes with 3-inch trumpet-shaped blossoms in a shade of blue so vivid, it looks unreal. In just one season, it can cover a fence, trellis, or arbor with lush green foliage and long cascading chains of flowers.
  • 🔵 Once established, it blooms heavily from fall through spring, creating a waterfall of sky blue that feels cool and soothing even in the heat. It's not just a pretty face either - its fast growth makes it ideal for quickly creating privacy, shade, or a living screen.
  • 🔵 Thrives in heat and humidity, low-maintenance once established
  • 🔵 Dramatic focal point, pollinator magnet, and conversation piece! And if blue isn't your color, the rare white version, Thunbergia grandiflora Alba, offers the same performance in pure ivory tones.


🛒 Get the vine everyone asks about

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▫️How to have the Blue Sky in just one season and forever

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What is better - Lychee or Longan? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Longan - Euphoria longana - tastes a lot like Lychee

🍊What is better - Lychee or Longan?
  • 🟠 What is more productive than a lychee tree and just as delicious? The Longan tree - Euphoria longana.
  • 🟠 This fast-growing beauty is a breeze to care for and starts fruiting early. Longan produces clusters of sweet, juicy fruit with crisp skin and fragrant white flesh that tastes a lot like lychee - some even say better!
  • 🟠 It's tougher too: more wind-resistant, less fussy about soil and water, and fruits more regularly than its famous cousin. You can keep it compact with pruning or grow it in a container.
  • 🟠 If you want a tropical fruit tree thats reliable, prolific, and packed with flavor, Longan is the one to grow!


🛒 Add a Longan tree to my garden!

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The most prolific and as good as Lychee

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What's in TopTropicals Garden? A note from our customer. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Grumichama Fruit Tree at Top Tropicals Garden

🏆 What's in TopTropicals Garden? A note from our customer

🎥 From Jackie Rose about her visit to Top Tropicals Bfarm Garden and Nursery.

♥️ Thank you Jackie! Enjoy your plants and come back again!

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🍒 What is the best tasting and most beautiful tropical cherry
📱 The sweetest tropical cherry for your yard

🛒 Plant Sweet Grumichama

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Instant rainforest for your yard - tropical vibes made easy! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Instant rainforest for your yard - tropical vibes made easy!

Cyathea cooperi - Australian tree fern

🌴 Instant rainforest for your yard - tropical vibes made easy!
  • 🌴 How to create your own jungle retreat quickly? Bring a touch of the tropics to your yard with the Australian tree fern!
  • 🌴 Cyathea cooperi - Australian tree fern - grows fast and looks like it came straight from a Hawaiian rainforest.
  • 🌴 Its giant, lacy fronds can reach up to 8 feet long.
  • 🌴 It takes bright shade or sun, as long as it stays moist.
  • 🌴 The baby fronds of the Australian tree fern unfurl like little furry scrolls, each one slowly unrolling like a curious creature’s tail coming to life. They look almost animated!
  • 🌴 Even in windy spots, this fern holds its own and adds instant jungle vibes. Create your own jungle retreat!


🛒 Yes, I want tropical vibes! Add to my paradise

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It blooms in shade: Red Feather for your Shade Garden. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Sanchezia stenomacra - Red Feather

❣️ It blooms in shade: Red Feather for your Shade Garden
  • What colorful flowers can you plant in shade?

    • A true gem for tropical plant enthusiasts, Sanchezia stenomacra - Blood Red Feather - is a rare Peruvian beauty that brings unusual look and and color to your tropical garden.
  • Its feathery, deep red flower plumes rise like flames above glossy green foliage, blooming non-stop and attracting hummingbirds with their vivid orange-red tubes.
  • Perfect for humid spots with filtered light, it thrives in greenhouses, shaded patios, or even indoors.
  • Upright and fast-growing, it bounces back beautifully from hard pruning and keeps blooming year-round.
  • A true collector's treasure with bold style and easy care.


🛒 Bring home the Blood Red Feather

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Why is it called Blood Feather

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A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

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Chonemorpha fragrans - Frangipani vine

💎 What is better than Plumeria? Only climbing Plumeria!
  • 💮 It's in bloom again at Top Tropicals Garden! Over and over, from Spring through Winter! Almost year around non stop. What a vigorous vine, and the perfume flowers never stop coming.
  • 💮 Imagine Plumeria's wild cousin climbing your fence: Chonemorpha fragrans, the Frangipani vine, is a tropical liana with jumbo 12-inch leaves and creamy white flowers that fill the air with that unmistakable Plumeria scent.
  • 💮 This beauty doesn’t grow like a tree - it climbs! Perfect for fences, trellises, or pergolas, it brings vertical drama and sweet, Plumeria-like fragrance to sunny or lightly shaded spots.
  • 💮 Give it some support and a little fertilizer, and your garden will bloom into a lush, fragrant escape that smells like a Hawaii vacation!


🛒 Grow your own wall of perfume

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Allergy-free cat that blooms all year! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Acalypha hispida - Red Hot Cattail, Chenille Plant

🔥 Allergy-free cat that blooms all year!
  • 🐈 Acalypha hispida - Red Hot Cattail or Chenille Plant, is a showstopper with long, fuzzy tassels that look just like playful cat tails - without the sneezes!
  • 🐈This tropical beauty grows fast, blooms year-round in warm climates, and dazzles with vibrant red, pink, white, or crimson flowers that hang like living ornaments.
  • 🐈 Whether grown as a tall shrub, trimmed hedge, or in a sunny container, it's tough, salt-tolerant, and always eye-catching. Bright light and a few trims are all it needs to purr-form!


🛒 Buy now - the purrfect bloom with zero allergies!

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The purrrfect hypoallergenic Cat Tail

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