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💎 What is the cutest miniature plant

• Haemaria discolor - Jewel Orchid - is a true gem of the plant world.
• Jewel Orchid stuns with deep green leaves crisscrossed by glowing red veins, making it a showstopper even when not in bloom.
• When it does flower, expect delicate, bell-shaped white blooms with golden centers, lightly fragrant and lasting up to three weeks!
• This compact, low-growing orchid thrives in shade, perfect for containers or as an underplanting beneath trees. Easy to care for, it enjoys warmth, humidity, but no direct sun!
• A must-have for a plant lover looking for drama and elegance in one.

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🔥 How cats shoot the video

😘 Our PeopleCat actively participated in the video production above 🔼with real hands-on (paws-on) involvement.

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🔥 How to to make leaves green

📸 In the photo - Piper sarmentosum - Vietnamese Pepper, Lalot.
on the left: plants have been fertilized by adding Sunshine Boosters (Sunshine Robusta) with every watering,
on the right: without fertilizer.

Lalot that we mentioned earlier, is eaten raw in salads or cooked with other greens or dishes, or wrap meats and cook in oven or on stove or grill. It is used medicinally in India and SE Asia.

📱 Learn more about Sunshine Boosters from the video in the next post ⤵️

🛍 Get Sunshine Boosters to make your plants green

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🌸 What are the most beautiful desert roses

• 🌸 Check out Top Tropicals selection of Desert roses - Adeniums, while we still have the most interesting varieties.
• 🌸 If the weather is still cold in your area, we can hold shipping of your order weather-permitting. Don't miss the varieties you always wanted! They are selling fast, first come first serve.

📚 About Adeniums:

• · Why Adeniums are the most popular container plants
• · How to grow a happy Adenium
• · What is the easiest container plant with beautiful flowers
• · Multi-grafted Adenium with different colors of flowers on the same plant
• · What you need for successful growing Adeniums

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😊 The Hog Plum tree fruit

• 💋 The Hog Plum tree, also known as Purple Mombin, produces juicy and sweet fruits with a unique plum-like flavor.
• 💋 The tree is valued for its vibrant spring blooms, which emerge from bare branches in shades of red, purple, or yellow, signaling the fruit to come.
• 💋 Hog Plum tree offers different fruit varieties: red, yellow, and orange.
• 💋 Fruit are enjoyed fresh, pickled, stewed, or made into delicious Mombin Butter.
• 💋 Easy-to-grow nature and rapid growth of the Hog Plum tree make it a favorite, thriving even with minimal care. It iis often used for creating living fences due to its fast growth and easy propagation.

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😳 This is how the flowers of a Hog Plum look like

✏️ The Hog Plum tree blooms with small, red flowers that grow directly on the stems of the tree, a unique feature known as cauliflory. This early-blooming trait allows the flowers to appear before the leaves, creating a striking display.

See pictures of fruit in next post🔽

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What is in bloom right now?

🚩 Calliandras are known to be spectacular winter bloomers, but in our garden, they seem to flower year-round. They make fantastic ever-blooming hedges or striking small specimen trees.

📸 Red-flowering Calliandra tweedii "With Love" - Red Tassel Flower. This beautiful bush is covered in red blooms in front of Top Tropicals office at Sebring Farm.

📚 Calliandras from previous posts:

• · Powderpuff and a Bee
• · 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? Calliandra - Powderpuff for blocking the unwanted view

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🏳️ Peace is understanding

"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding." - Albert Einstein

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