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⭐️ How many flowers on Night Blooming Jasmine?

💤 Night Blooming Jasmine - Cestrum nocturnum - is completely covered with flowers when it's in full bloom. The show is as impressive as the fragrance! How many flowers do you see on this plant?

📚 Learn more from previous posts:
How to grow Night Blooming Jasmine
This magical fragrance follows you
Why everybody wants Night Blooming Jasmine

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✨ What is the most spectacular Clerodendrum?

• 🌸 Clerodendrums are tropical favorites, easy to grow, and bloom year-round. Thriving in sun or shade, they're perfect for home gardens. Many bloom in winter, brightening dark days - even on a windowsill!
• 🌸 One of our favorites is Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Java Glorybower Mary Jane. This fast growing bush blooms with bright coral flowers, virtually year around!

🎥 Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Java Glorybower Mary Jane

📚 More about Clerodendrums in previous posts:

• 💋How to grow Clerodendrums
• 💋Fireworks of Winter
• 💋Fragrant Cashmere Bouquet
• 💋Fountain Clerodendrum
• 💋What is better - Blue or Pink?
• 💋Why is it called Blue Butterfly?
• 💋Clerodendrum paniculatum
• 💋Seaside Clerodendrum
• 💋Pink Bleeding Heart
• 💋Why is it called Musical Notes?
• 💋Bleeding Heart Vine
• 💋Cashmere Bouquet!

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💋 What is the most popular Winter-flowering shrub?

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  🌸 Tropical Hydrangea - Dombeya x wallichii - is a Queen sister of the popular Princess - Dombeya seminole that we introduced in our earlier post.
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  🌸 Tropical Hydrangea is a stunning winter bloomer with fragrant, pink, hydrangea-like flowers that will turn heads and attract pollinators.
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  🌸 Spectacular blooms: Clusters of fragrant, pink flowers brighten the landscape in winter and draw in bees and butterflies.
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  🌸 Lush foliage: Large, heart-shaped leaves add tropical charm year-round.
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  🌸 Fast-growing: Quickly creates a multi-stemmed bush, perfect for screening or covering unwanted views.
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  🌸 Versatile landscaping: Ideal for hedges, garden accents, or a statement plant in any tropical or subtropical garden.
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  🌸 With its beauty and utility, Tropical Hydrangea is a must-have for creating a vibrant, pollinator-friendly garden with minimal effort!

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💋 What is the most popular Winter-flowering shrub?

• 🌸 Tropical Hydrangea - Dombeya x wallichii - is a Queen sister of the popular Princess - Dombeya seminole that we introduced in our earlier post.
• 🌸 Tropical Hydrangea is a stunning winter bloomer with fragrant, pink, hydrangea-like flowers that will turn heads and attract pollinators.
• 🌸 Spectacular blooms: Clusters of fragrant, pink flowers brighten the landscape in winter and draw in bees and butterflies.
• 🌸 Lush foliage: Large, heart-shaped leaves add tropical charm year-round.
• 🌸 Fast-growing: Quickly creates a multi-stemmed bush, perfect for screening or covering unwanted views.
• 🌸 Versatile landscaping: Ideal for hedges, garden accents, or a statement plant in any tropical or subtropical garden.
• 🌸 With its beauty and utility, Tropical Hydrangea is a must-have for creating a vibrant, pollinator-friendly garden with minimal effort!

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The best yellow Jasmine with sweet fragrance

• ⭐️ Have you seen a yellow jasmine? If you saw the Primrose Jasmine in our earlier post, this one a must have for a yellow jasmine collection, because it is sweetly fragrant!
• ⭐️ Italian jasmine (Jasminum humile) brings charm and fragrance with its sunny yellow flowers and sweet scent. Bright yellow blooms that radiate warmth and cheer.
• ⭐️ Fragrant oil: The flowers produce a rich, warm, and sweet scent that is extracted as jasmine oil, often used in perfumes as a middle note.
• ⭐️ Hardy and adaptable: This jasmine is pretty hardy - thrives in USDA Zone 8 and above,

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💕 Why New Guinea Creeper is a must-have for your garden

• 💖 It's this time of the year when beautiful Tecomanthe is opening her majestic blooms!

The New Guinea Creeper (Tecomanthe dendrophila) is a stunning, non-aggressive vine that will captivate with its vibrant blooms and lush foliage.
• 💖 Spectacular flowers: In late winter to early spring, it produces large clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers with deep pink tubes and creamy-white lobes, creating a striking contrast.
• 💖 Non-invasive growth: This well-behaved climber can reach up to 40 feet but is easily maintained at shorter lengths, making it suitable for trellises, arbors, or even large containers.
• 💖 Evergreen beauty: With its glossy, pinnate leaves, the New Guinea Creeper adds year-round interest to your garden, even when not in bloom.
• 💖 Great Butterfly attractor!

Care tip for New Guinea Creeper

🌞 Light: Thrives in partial to full sun; however, it prefers some shade during the hottest part of the day.
💦 Water: Keep the soil consistently moist but well-drained, especially during the growing season.
🌡 Temperature: Ideal for USDA Zones 9-11; protect from frost and provide a warm, humid environment.
⛩ Support: Provide a sturdy structure for it to climb, such as a trellis or arbor, to showcase its cascading blooms.

Introduce the New Guinea Creeper to your garden and enjoy a breathtaking display of color and elegance that will be the envy of your neighborhood!

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🚩 How Cardinals Guard runs red carpet for Christmas⛔️👍

• 💖 If your garden needs a pop of color, Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea) is ready to take the spotlight! With its bold, scarlet-red blooms perched atop green cones, this evergreen perennial looks like it's wearing a crown.
• 💖 Striking Christmas-red flowers emerge from a green cone. Blooms most of the year.
• 💖 Adds vibrant color and a festive, tropical feel to any space.
• 💖 Upright, multi-stemmed growth with lush foliage.
• 💖 Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators.
• 💖 Care: Morning sun and afternoon shade (semi-shade preferred). Trim stems to prevent legginess and encourage fresh growth. Perfect for Southern gardens and large containers.

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🌸 Why this Hibiscus is changing color?

• 🌸 Hibiscus mutabilis Cotton Candy - Mallow Hibiscus - is an amazing winter bloomer that chances flower color! It opens pure white than gradually shifts to baby pink to dark pink over three days, much like the Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow plant (Brunfelsia).
• 🌸 As the blooms age, they take on a rich, deep pink hue, creating a stunning rainbow of colors on the bush all at once.
• 🌸 Blossoms reach up to 5 inches across!

📚 From previous posts:
How hibiscus plant acts like a chameleon
How to make your Hibiscus plants thrive and bloom

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🌸 When Brunfelsia is in bloom? Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow!

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  🅱️ Purple-flowered Brunfelsias are at the peak of their bloom right now!
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  🅱️ Known as Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow for their magical color transformation from purple to lavender to white over three days: B. grandiflora, B. paucifolia, B. australis.
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  🅱️ Brunfelsias are wonderfully fragrant winter bloomers
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  🅱️ Perfect flowering shrub for shaded areas
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  🅱️ Ideal for growing in containers. Compact and graceful growers.

📚 Learn more about purple Brunfelsias:
The number one flower for shady spots
Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil

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🌸 When Brunfelsia is in bloom? Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow!

• 
  🅱️ Purple-flowered Brunfelsias are at the peak of their bloom right now!
• 
  🅱️ Known as Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow for their magical color transformation from purple to lavender to white over three days: B. grandiflora, B. paucifolia, B. australis.
• 
  🅱️ Brunfelsias are wonderfully fragrant winter bloomers
• 
  🅱️ Perfect flowering shrub for shaded areas
• 
  🅱️ Ideal for growing in containers. Compact and graceful growers.

📚 Learn more about purple Brunfelsias:
The number one flower for shady spots
Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil

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