The Most Fragrant Medicinal Herb You'll Ever Grow! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
The Most Fragrant Medicinal Herb Youll Ever Grow!
Lippia alba - Poleo, Pitiona
❤️� The Most Fragrant Medicinal Herb You'll Ever Grow!
🌱 Just brushing past it releases a wave of spicy, citrusy fragrance - Lippia alba, also known as Poleo or Pitiona, is an herb garden must-have. Fast-growing, drought-tough, flood-friendly, and practically indestructible - it thrives where other plants fail!
🌱 HELTH BENEFITS OF POLEO - LIPPIA ALBA
🌿 Crush a leaf - instantly uplifting aroma! Close relative of popular Lantana but with much better scent.
🌿 Grows into a lush, dense groundcover with dainty pink blooms
🌿 Used in traditional Oaxacan cooking - especially mole sauces
🌿 Leaves and roots make teas and syrups for cough, anxiety, digestion, and more
🌿 Known for sedative, antidepressant, and analgesic effects
🌿 Each plant has a unique essential oil profile!
🌱 Whether you’re into healing herbs, culinary magic, or just want the best-smelling plant in your garden - this is it.
Is This a Plant or a Coral? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
Is This a Plant or a Coral?
🔥 Is This a Plant or a Coral?
🟠 Medinilla scortechinii - Orange Coral Spike - these flowers look like they came straight from a coral reef! Orange Coral Spike is a rare gem that's hard to find and easy to love.
🟠 Bright orange stems burst into star-shaped blooms that mimic glowing underwater branches - but they're blooming in your garden or home instead. Exotic, rare, and totally unforgettable.
🟠 Compact and easy to grow - stays under 2 ft tall.
🟠 Glossy dark leaves highlight the vibrant orange panicles.
🟠 Grows in light shade or filtered sun
🟠 Great in pots, hanging baskets, or as an epiphytic accent
🟠 Perfect for collectors of unusual tropical plants
🟠 Add a pop of orange to your garden or indoor jungle – this coral spike doesn’t stay in stock for long!
Is This a Plant or a Coral? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
Is This a Plant or a Coral?
Medinilla scortechinii - Orange Coral Spike
🔥 Is This a Plant or a Coral?
🟠 Medinilla scortechinii - Orange Coral Spike - these flowers look like they came straight from a coral reef! Orange Coral Spike is a rare gem that's hard to find and easy to love.
🟠 Bright orange stems burst into star-shaped blooms that mimic glowing underwater branches - but they're blooming in your garden or home instead. Exotic, rare, and totally unforgettable.
🟠 Compact and easy to grow - stays under 2 ft tall.
🟠 Glossy dark leaves highlight the vibrant orange panicles.
🟠 Grows in light shade or filtered sun
🟠 Great in pots, hanging baskets, or as an epiphytic accent
🟠 Perfect for collectors of unusual tropical plants
🟠 Add a pop of orange to your garden or indoor jungle – this coral spike doesn’t stay in stock for long!
The First Video of Exotic Adenium Hybrids! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
The First Video of Exotic Adenium Hybrids!
Exotic Adenium Hybrids
🌸 The First Video of Exotic Adenium Hybrids!
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OurDesert roses - Adeniums - were planted in March - and now, at the end of April, they're in full bloom. Just look at these colors!
🌸Check out the varieties still in stock and grab yours before they’re gone. Some are already sold out, but you still have a chance to score amazing blooms!
🌸 Why Collect Adeniums? · Easy to grow indoors or out
· From doubles to red, purple, yellow, striped, dotted, rainbow, even black flowers - you'll want them all!
🌸 How to Grow a Big, Swollen Caudex
Each time you repot, raise the plant slightly to expose more of the upper roots. This encourages new root growth downward and helps form a thicker, more dramatic caudex.
· Use a well-draining mix
· Water only when dry - Adeniums love dry conditions
How to Grow Your Own Cinnamon Tree Spice and Health Right by the Kitchen. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
How to Grow Your Own Cinnamon Tree Spice and Health Right by the Kitchen
Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum aromaticum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum), young leaves
Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum aromaticum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum), flowers
Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum aromaticum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum)
Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum aromaticum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum), balk and leaves
🏺 How to Grow Your Own Cinnamon Tree – Spice and Health Right by the Kitchen
🌿 The Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum aromaticum or zeylanicum), is an easy, fast-growing tropical plant that thrives in pots, making it perfect for patios, balconies, or even sunny indoor spaces.
🌿 It naturally grows compact and bushy, so it's great for container gardeners - even those outside the tropics.
🌿 You don't need to wait years for fruit - because cinnamon is the bark and the leaves!
🌿 Once your tree is established, you can begin gently harvesting bark and fragrant leaves. Both parts of the plant are bursting with that signature warm aroma. Use the bark as a spice in baking, curries, or mulled drinks, and steep the leaves in teas or add them to savory dishes.
🌿 Cinnamon has been treasured for over 4,000 years. Ancient Egyptians used it in rituals, and Roman emperors burned it at funerals to show wealth - it was once worth more than gold. Its value helped drive global trade and exploration.
🌿 Today, cinnamon is celebrated not just for its flavor, but also its health benefits. It may help lower blood sugar, reduce inflammation, and fight bacteria and fungi. It's even linked to improved memory and brain function! The tree's powerful scent comes from cinnamaldehyde, a natural compound with medicinal properties.
🌿 Two main types of cinnamon:
🟤 Cassia Cinnamon – stronger, spicier, and most common in supermarkets 🟤 Ceylon Cinnamon – milder and sweeter, often called "true cinnamon"
🌿 In short: With a cinnamon tree near your kitchen, you’re not just growing a plant - you're growing a spice, a medicine, a piece of world history, and a daily source of joy!
How to tell the difference between Jasmine Sambac Varieties. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
How to tell the difference between Jasmine Sambac Varieties
Jasminum Sambac varieties
⏳ How to tell the difference between Jasmine Sambac Varieties
💮 Jasminum Sambac is hands down the most fragrant jasmine in existence - and the most popular among tropical gardeners and plant collectors.
💮 Native to India, it's the source of jasmine perfume oil and the signature ingredient in jasmine tea.
💮 This plant comes in several varieties, each with unique flower size, shape, and growth habit - ranging from compact shrubs to vigorous bushes and climbing vines. It takes both sun and shade and makes a perfect container plant and indoor plant favorite.
💮 All varieties of Sambac are equally fragrant. To get more flowers, just use Sunshine Pikake plant booster and enjoy the perfume all day long!
💮 At Top Tropicals, we grow every known variety of Jasminum sambac in cultivation:
Arabian Nights - compact slow growing shrub with small delicate flowers
Belle of India - compact vine with long elegant petals, shade lover
