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What is the bluest flower of the Tropics? Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, or Lead Flower is brightest gentian blue - very unusual color in the tropics! A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

What is the bluest flower of the Tropics?

Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, Lead Flower

Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, Lead Flower

Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, Lead Flower

What is the bluest flower of the Tropics?

Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, or Lead Flower is brightest gentian blue - very unusual color in the tropics!
  • 💙 Winter heavy bloomer
  • 💙 Attracts butterflies and bees 🐝
  • 💙 Compact shrub, responds well to pruning.
  • 💙 Shade lover. Will happily bloom in the shade!


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What is Lion's Ears: the plant that keeps growing "through the flower"! Leonotis leonurus is another Nature's Wonder. A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

What is Lions Ears: the plant that keeps growing through the flower!

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

🦁 What is Lion's Ears: the plant that keeps growing "through the flower"!

Leonotis leonurus is another Nature's Wonder. Flower petals purportedly resemble Lion's ears, and bunch of upper leaves from a distance resemble Lions tails. A curious thing, the plant continues growing through the flower! This creates a multi-level appearance.

🦋 Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Everblooming.

⚕️ Used in Eastern medicine

📚 More about Leonotis Lion's Ears

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Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Red Dwarf Poinciana "Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas. A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Red Dwarf Poinciana

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Red Dwarf Poinciana

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Red Dwarf Poinciana

🎨 "Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas." - Elizabeth Murray

❓ Why is it called a Peacock Flower? See yourself...

📷 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Red Dwarf Poinciana, Bird of Paradise, Pride of Barbados, Peacock flower...

One of the most spectacular tropical bloomers. An eye-stopper!

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What plant is fragrant, easy and fast growing? Cashmere Bouquet! What plant is fragrant, easy and fast growing? A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

What plant is fragrant, easy and fast growing? Cashmere Bouquet!

Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower, Cashmere bouquet

Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower, Cashmere bouquet

Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower, Cashmere bouquet

Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower, Cashmere bouquet

Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower, Cashmere bouquet

💐 What plant is fragrant, easy and fast growing? Cashmere Bouquet!

Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower, Cashmere bouquet.

🌸 Need a fast growing, spreading shrub for privacy? Cashmere bouquet is a shrub with benefits - the flowers are beautiful and sweetly fragrant.

Also ideal for the container grown patio plant.

🦋 Attracts butterflies to the large flower trusses.

🌡 Hardy to zone 8.

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What is the best fast growing flowering shrub to hide an unwanted view? Sunflower Tree will do the job just in one season! What is the best fast growing flowering shrub to hide an unwanted view? A Top Tropicals Garden Journal post.

What is the best fast growing flowering shrub to hide an unwanted view? Sunflower Tree will do the job just in one season!

Sunflower Tree, Tree Marigold

🌼 What is the best fast growing flowering shrub to hide an unwanted view? Sunflower Tree will do the job just in one season!

Sunflower Tree
, or Tree Marigold, is a fast-growing shrub, an ideal option for quickly concealing unsightly areas with its rapid growth. Not only does it provide effective coverage, but it also boasts cheerful, sunflower-like blooms!

Reaching heights and widths of approximately 10 feet, this resilient plant withstands light freezes and rejuvenates vigorously each spring. Sunflower - is for Happy Garden!

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