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🍷 What Guava variety is the best for Guava Vine

• 🍷 Araca Pera, or Brazilian Guava tree (Psidium x angulatum), is a unique Guava hybrid of a flavorful wild guava from the Brazilian Amazon which is rare in cultivation.
• 🍷 These fruit are 1.5-2", with an acidic, sour guava-like flavor. Its juice is concentrated and must be diluted and sweetened to produce a delicious drink.
• 🍷 It is the major source of a special Guava Wine production. Our favorite Guava Wine is from Schnebly Redland's Winery - this is where we obtained the seeds from their mother plants. This refreshing and vibrant rose wine is full of flavor and has a bouquet that never stops.
• 🍷 The fruit is processed into ice cream sorbet, gelatins and candies.
• 🍷 A great container specimen or a bushy tree for frost-free gardens.

📚 More about Guavas from previous posts:

• 💋 How to grow guava tree for Juice
• 💋 The most wanted collectible Honey Moon Guava
• 💋 Top 10 fast-fruiting trees: #2. Guava
• 💋 Costa Rican Cas Guava
• 💋 Guava for Drinking
• 💋 Guava for Juicing

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❔ Why do we love Ground Orchids?

❓ Q: I need your expert advice on a low growing perennial with pretty flowers that I can plant in semi-shade close to my house. What is your favorite perennial?

😊 A: Our most favorite bright flowering perennials are ground orchids!

• 💋 Ground orchids are the easiest and most rewarding flowers for a tropical garden. They thrive in regular garden soil or potting mix, tolerate both sun and shade, and bloom nearly year-round.
• 💋 Their adaptability makes them a perfect choice for any spot in the garden, whether you need to fill a sunny patch or a shaded area under trees.
• 💋 And look at these colors! From vibrant purples to soft pinks and yellows, ground orchids bring a splash of tropical beauty with minimal effort. Their consistent blooming makes them a must-have for gardeners seeking color all year.
• 💋 For profuse blooming, apply Sunshine Orchidasm - Orchid TotalFeed Booster.
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✨ Just sitting in a pan, minding my own business

"In the kitchen, a cat is always the first sous-chef - whether you need help or not."

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🍷 Do you like guava juice? It’s packed with flavor!

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  🍉 Did you know you could enjoy fresh guava juice from your own tree?

It’s as easy as 1-2-3! All you have to do is plant your own guava tree.
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  🍉 The 1-3 gal plant will start fruiting for you in no time. And you can expect a large crop in just a couple of seasons.
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  🍉 Guava trees thrive in mild climates with frost-free winters, but can tolerate light frost once established. And if you live in a colder climate - no worries. Guava is the perfect container fruit tree. You can bring it inside during cold nights and still enjoy fresh fruit every year.
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  🍉 Just don't forget to water - guavas are heavy drinkers.
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• 🍉Order your Guava tree today from TopTropicals.com - delivered right to your door!

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What Ginger makes a natural shampoo?

• 🎍Pine Cone Ginger (Zingiber Zerumbet), also called Shampoo Ginger due to its unique, milky substance found in the cones. It is widely used as a natural shampoo in Asia and Hawaii, and even found in commercial shampoos.
• 🎍Fragrant and Spicy: All parts of the plant are known for their strong, spicy fragrance.
• 🎍Stunning Flowers: The cone-shaped flowers are long-lasting and perfect for cut flower arrangements.
• 🎍Fun history: Pinecone ginger is a canoe plant, brought across the Pacific by ancient Polynesian settlers.

📚 Gingers from previous posts:

• 🟡Favorite Ginger - African Princess
• 🟡Most interesting edible gingers
• 🟡5 most spectacular Ginger species
• 🟡How to French Kiss: the Red Button Ginger

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😨 Cats and flowers

"Cats and flowers go well together - one lounges in the sun, the other gets knocked over. A perfect partnership in chaos!"

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❔ Why this tree grows in almost every yard of Central Florida

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  🔖 Tibouchina granulosa - Glory tree is a dazzling addition to every southern garden!
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  🔖 Also known as the Purple Spray Tree, it puts on a spectacular show with its velvet-like, deep purple blossoms that bloom from late Summer through Winter. These flowering panicles completely cover the tree, creating a breathtaking display of color that turns heads!
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  🔖 In Highlands County, Florida (where our farm is located), this tree is the gem of nearly every garden, and for good reason. With its long-lasting blooms and tropical charm, it's a must-have for anyone looking to add vibrant beauty to their landscape.
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  🔖 When you ask the neighbors why they planted this tree, they always answer: "Everyone must have one!"

📚 More Tibouchinas in previous posts:

• 💋 Is purple your favorite color? This is your plant!
• 💋 Why this Tibouchina is so popular: giant leaves & bold purple flowers of Quaresmeira

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🐈 Mr B, the Fearless Cat - and the founder of Top Tropicals B-Farm.

"Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift." - Dante Alighieri

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🌙 The most wanted collectible fruit tree - Honey Moon Guava.

• 🍉 Very rare variety of Guava tree - Honey Moon - is a unique variegated guava with the sweetest fruit we ever tasted.
• 🍉 Fruit is pear-shaped and variegated (white/green striped) outside when unripe, turning bright yellow when ripe. The flesh is pink, very aromatic, sweet and delicious, and contains only a few seeds that separate from pulp easily.
• 🍉 This variety is resistant to insects and worms.
• 🍉 Bushy, full tree with large, broad, variegated leaves. Surprisingly for a variegated form (which are usually slow and tender), this variegated beauty is very healthy, strong, vigorous and fasts growing.
• 🍉 The plant flowers and fruits in small size, perfect for containers. If planted in the ground, the tree grows small to medium size (10-15 ft) with has nice, symmetrical bushy shape.
• 🍉 Everbearing, very reliable producer, the plant constantly has fruit, buds or flowers.

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