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Eyes of the house. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

😶 Eyes of the house

"Windows Cats are the eyes of a house - curtains are the lashes."

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Ten best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Mango Keitt (Mangifera indica)

Mango Keitt (Mangifera indica)

🏆 Ten best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes.
# 1: Mango Tree.
  • Mango trees (Mangifera indica) are a Florida garden essential, and if you own one, you're truly embracing the Sunshine State's spirit!
  • Delicious, Nutritious Fruit: Known as the "King of Fruits," packed with vitamins and fiber.
  • Fast-Growing & Low-Maintenance: Thrives with minimal water once established, and is heat-tolerant.
  • Quick Fruit Production: Grafted trees produce right away and you can expect large crops in just 2-3 years.
  • Cold Protection: Young trees need protection from frost, but mature trees handle cold better.
  • Compact Varieties Available: Dwarf "condo" mangoes are perfect for containers and smaller spaces.
  • Grafted Varieties for the Best Taste: When selecting a mango tree, be sure to choose a grafted variety for an immediate payoff of high-quality, fiberless fruit. Grafted trees will produce sweet and flavorful mangos right away, unlike seedling trees, which can take up to 7-8 years to bear fruit. Grafted mangoes are known for their rich taste, which you can find only in home gardens. Commercially grown mangos, while more durable for shipping, tend to be fibrous and less flavorful. Opting for a grafted variety ensures that you enjoy the full, vibrant sweetness of mangoes.


📚 Learn more from previous posts:
  • 🟡about #Mango trees
  • 🟡10 best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes


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What is the best fast growing flowering bush for a privacy screen. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Calliandra haematocephala Alba - White Powderpuff

What is the best fast growing flowering bush for a privacy screen

Calliandra haematocephala Alba - White Powderpuff is very rare and beautiful variety, rare in cultivation. It is a vigorous and very fast growing bush.

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Just find that song! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

🎤 Just find that song! Sound on 🔈

 🎙 "Those who wish to sing always find a song." - Swedish Proverb

🎥 Niki is sharing her song. More: #SingingCats

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Discover 10 best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Tropical fruit collage

Tropical fruit collage

🏆 Discover 10 best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes

1. Mango (Mangifera indoca)
2. Avocado (Persea americana)
3. Tropical Cherries (Eugenia sp.)
4. Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra)
5. Noni (Morinda citrifolia)
6. Macadamia Nut (Macadamia integrifolia)
7. Papaya (Carica papaya)
8. Guava (Psidium sp.): Cattley and Tropical guava
9. Jackfruit (Artocarus heterophyllus)
10. Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)

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What is the best fruit tree producing in winter. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Loquat flowers

😇 What is the best fruit tree producing in winter
  • 🍑 If you answered the quiz What makes loquats different from other fruits - then you know that Loquat trees flower and produce fruit during the winter months, making them a rare source of fresh fruit when most other trees are dormant.
  • 🍑 Loquat flowers are very pretty! Loquats are relatives of Apples, Peaches, Plums and Pears - they belong to Rosaceae family.


🎥 Loquats are in full bloom in our garden now. The fruit will ripen by April

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🛒 Plant a Loquat Tree

#Food_Forest #Fun_Facts #Loquat

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Keep your friends close? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

😰 Keep your friends close?

"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." - Sun Tzu

🎥 Matilda & Cash - best buddies... not today?

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What is the biggest papaya fruit on the smallest tree? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Papaya TR Hovey

🔔 What is the biggest papaya fruit on the smallest tree?

🍈 We discovered an amazing Papaya variety. It is called TR Hovey. This dwarf tree is only 4-5 ft tall and yet produces giant sweet papayas size of a melon!

📚More about Papaya from earlier posts:
Carefree Garden: How Easy Is It to Grow a Papaya Tree?
Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits: #4 Papaya
Top 10 fast-fruiting trees: #6. Papaya
How to have fresh Papaya fruit year around
Top 3 most wanted Papaya varieties
The truth about Papaya
Papayas contain a secret enzyme

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