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Powderpuff and a Bee Powderpuff and a Bee Calliandra haematocephala - Red Powderpuff Learn about Calliandras from previous posts: The best fast growing flowering bush for a privacy screen Baby-pink fluffy flower for butterflies - Lilian Flowering bush that everyone loves Tree Calliandra How to get a big flowering bush quickly? A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

Powderpuff and a Bee

Calliandra haematocephala - Red Powderpuff

🐝 Powderpuff and a Bee

🎥 Calliandra haematocephala - Red Powderpuff

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This is the bush you should plant: Pink Butterfly in no time This is the bush you should plant: Pink Butterfly in no time Pink Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum mastacanthum, Rotheca mastacantha) is a rare and exciting new addition to the plant world, originating from South Africa. A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

This is the bush you should plant: Pink Butterfly in no time

Pink Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum mastacanthum, Rotheca mastacantha)

🤩 This is the bush you should plant: Pink Butterfly in no time
  • 🎀 Pink Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum mastacanthum, Rotheca mastacantha) is a rare and exciting new addition to the plant world, originating from South Africa.
  • 🎀 It closely resembles the more common Blue Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum ugandense) but stands out with its stunning pink flowers.
  • 🎀 The pink blooms are arranged in tighter panicles, giving the plant a more compact appearance.
  • 🎀 While the size of the flowers is a bit smaller than its blue counterpart, the vibrant color and unique charm make it a captivating choice for your garden. Its rarity and beautiful blossoms make the Pink Butterfly Bush a standout plant for rare plant collectors.
  • 🎀 Very fast growing and vigorous bush! Perfect when you need a screen plant or a showy specimen quickly.


🎈 These two varieties of Clerodendrum must go together - Blue Butterfly and Pink Butterfly - perfect combination! The flowers and butterfly-like shape attract butterflies and other pollinators to the garden. So these plants are all about butterflies!

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What is better - Blue or Pink?

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This is the bush you should let flower for you: Chinese Hat is in bloom This is the bush you should let flower for you: Chinese Hat is in bloom The Holmskioldia sanguinea, or Chinese Hat Flower, gets its charming nickname from the shape of its blooms. A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

This is the bush you should let flower for you: Chinese Hat is in bloom

Holmskioldia sanguinea, Chinese Hat Flower

💋 This is the bush you should let flower for you: Chinese Hat is in bloom
  • 💋 The Holmskioldia sanguinea, or Chinese Hat Flower, gets its charming nickname from the shape of its blooms. Each flower resembles a tiny, colorful hat or parasol, with a narrow tubular structure backed by a broad, circular calyx, giving it a "hat-like" appearance!
  • 💋 It blooms from Winter to Spring, offering a spectacular view!
  • 💋 Graceful branches are densely covered with vibrant flowers before the new leaves begin to regrow after winter.


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Calliandra Tree everyone should have: how big and fast does it grow? Calliandra houstoniana - Tree Calliandra - is the only tree form of Powderpuff. A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

Calliandra Tree everyone should have: how big and fast does it grow?

🎈 Calliandra Tree everyone should have: how big and fast does it grow?

✅ Calliandra houstoniana - Tree Calliandra - is the only tree form of Powderpuff. It quickly grows into a bushy beautiful tree under 20 ft - in just one season, and fluffy pink flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies year around 🦋

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What Tree Calliandra brings into your garden

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

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

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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The most unusual, fast growing butterfly bush: Summer Snow The most unusual, fast growing butterfly bush: Summer Snow Malvaviscus x penduliflorus Variegata - "Summer Snow"- is very rare variegated variety Turk's Cap, or Firecracker Hibiscus. A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

The most unusual, fast growing butterfly bush: Summer Snow

Malvaviscus x penduliflorus Variegata - Summer Snow

🔥The most unusual, fast growing butterfly bush: Summer Snow

😐 Malvaviscus x penduliflorus Variegata - "Summer Snow"- is very rare variegated variety Turk's Cap, or Firecracker Hibiscus. It will grow into a full size 6 ft large bush within just one season! Some leaves can be completely white! If trained into a standard, it will look like a decorated Christmas tree!

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How Turk's Cap can be full of snow in Summer

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Spectacular winter-flowering flame vine that everyone wants Spectacular winter-flowering flame vine that everyone wants Senecio confusus - Mexican flame vine, or Orangleglow Vine - is a fast-growing showstopper that rewards minimal care with brilliant orange, daisy-like flowers almost year-round. A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

Spectacular winter-flowering flame vine that everyone wants

Senecio confusus - Mexican flame vine, rangleglow Vine

🔥 Spectacular winter-flowering flame vine that everyone wants
  • 🔥 Senecio confusus - Mexican flame vine, or Orangleglow Vine - is a fast-growing showstopper that rewards minimal care with brilliant orange, daisy-like flowers almost year-round.
  • 🔥 For sheer beauty, this vigorous climber is hard to beat, covering itself with blooms from November through Spring, then sporadically for the rest of the year.
  • 🔥 Butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds love it, and its thick evergreen leaves create a lush background for the bright blossoms.
  • 🔥 Drought resistance and few pest problems make it a perfect pick for beginners who want a dazzling floral display with little fuss.


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A Fiesta of Mexican Flowers for beginners and butterflies

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When is the season for the Bleeding Hearts When is the season for the Bleeding Hearts Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) is named for its red and white flowers that look like dangling hearts. A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

When is the season for the Bleeding Hearts

Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae)

💔 When is the season for the Bleeding Hearts
  • ❣️ Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) is named for its red and white flowers that look like dangling hearts.
  • ❣️ Native to tropical West Africa, this climber thrives in bright light and can be grown as a houseplant or trained on a trellis.
  • ❣️ It shows off its most spectacular blooms in winter, but with enough light, it'll happily flower year-round.


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🛒Get your own Bleeding Heart

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Sunny showy Winter bloomer Sunny showy Winter bloomer Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder - has been blooming for months. A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

Sunny showy Winter bloomer

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder

🦋 Sunny showy Winter bloomer

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder - has been blooming for months. Spectacular winter bloomer!

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Easy and showy butterfly attracting bush

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Need a low growing show stopper that blooms like a winter fire? A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

Need a low growing show stopper that blooms like a winter fire?

Gloxinia sylvatica - Bolivian Sunset

🔥 Need a low growing show stopper that blooms like a winter fire?
  • 🔥 Spectacular show! Gloxinia sylvatica - Bolivian Sunset - is a very low-growing, an eye-catching, easy-care plant that delights with vibrant fire-red blooms.
  • 🔥 This fall-to-early-winter bloomer spreads quickly from rhizomes, forming a thick ground cover.
  • 🔥 Though it may die back in spring, it bounces right back once the rainy season arrives. As a bonus, you can share its beauty by gifting flowering starts from your own garden during the holidays!
  • 🔥 Whether you keep it as a houseplant or grow it outdoors in dappled shade with plenty of water, its dense leaves and flowers create a spectacular show.


🛒 Plant spectacular Bolivian Sunset

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