Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 30 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

How to enhance your garden with hardy tropical: Fast Growing White Orchid Tree

Bauhinia alba (candida) - White Orchid Tree

How to enhance your garden with hardy tropical: Fast Growing White Orchid Tree

💮 Bauhinia alba (candida) - White Orchid Tree - is the most cold hardy of all bauhinias. It is a medium-sized, fast-growing tree with short trunk and spreading branches that provide excellent shade.
💮 Abundant, fragrant white flowers adorned with subtle lemon-green markings, blooming from winter through spring and intermittently in summer.
💮 Cold Hardy: Among the most frost-tolerant Bauhinias, thriving in temperatures as low as 26F.
💮 Rapid Growth: Grows quickly, reaching heights of 15 to 30 feet, ideal for creating a lush, shaded area.
💮 Attracts Pollinators: The large, showy flowers attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies, enhancing your garden's ecosystem.
💮 Low Maintenance: Drought-tolerant once established and thrives in well-drained soil with full sun exposure.

📚 Orchid trees from previous posts:

🛒 Enhance your garden with White Orchid Tree

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Date: 29 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Whats inside this bumpy Annona fruit? Delicious Health benefits!

Annona squamosa - Sugar Apple, Sweetsop

🎃 What's inside this bumpy Annona fruit? Delicious Health benefits!

🍏 Annona squamosa - Sugar Apple or Sweetsop, is not related to Apple at all; in fact it's in the same family with Ylang Ylang perfume trees - Annonaceae!
🍏 Sugar Apple is considered by many to be the most delicious tropical fruit. The fruit is a true treat, with pulp that resembles creamy custard, offering a flavor experience that's hard to beat. Some cultivars like Vietnam Sugar Apple Nadi - have pulp virtually melting in your mouth!
🍏 Sugar Apple tree starts fruiting within 3 years from seed and has compact growth habit, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Beyond its delightful flavor and ornamental appeal, this fruit offers a variety of health benefits:

· Digestive Aid: High fiber promotes digestion and alleviates constipation.

· Antioxidant Properties: Combats oxidative stress, reducing the risk of chronic diseases.
· Mood Enhancement: Vitamin B6 boosts mood and helps fight depression.
· Eye Health: Rich in vitamin A, supports healthy vision.
· Blood Pressure Regulation: Potassium and magnesium help regulate blood pressure.
· Skin Health: Antioxidants protect skin from oxidative damage.
· Weight Management: Low in calories, high in fiber, promotes satiety.
· Immune Support: Vitamin C boosts the immune system.
· Anti-inflammatory: Reduces inflammation linked to chronic conditions.

📚 More about Annonas:

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Date: 29 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

A French Emperors Hat Blooming in Your Garden?

Napoleon's Hat - Napoleonaea imperialis

🎩 A French Emperor's Hat Blooming in Your Garden?

🎩 Napoleon's Hat (Napoleonaea imperialis), a unique and charming plant that's sure to stand out in your garden!
🎩 Napoleon's Hat lives up to its name with large, saucer-shaped flowers that bloom straight from the leaf axils or even directly from the trunk! Talk about making a statement.
🎩 The hat-shaped, brightly colored flowers smell like butterscotch! Yes, your garden will smell like a candy shop🍬
🎩 It's Kola's Cousin! The reddish seeds resemble kola nuts and even have a similar taste, giving you a fun, "false kola" experience.
🎩 An instant conversation starter, Napoleon's Hat is a quirky, fragrant addition to your garden - perfect for those looking for something a little different.

🛒 Plant Napoleon's Hat and show off with the most bizarre flower!

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Date: 28 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Smell the Little Gem

Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia

💎 Smell the Little Gem

🕊 Get up close with the Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia - its huge, creamy white petals look like sculpted wax, and the scent is fresh, lemony, and unforgettable!

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🛒 Plant the Iconic Southern Magnolia

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Date: 26 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Fun Facts About the Guava Flower

Guava Flower

🌸 Fun Facts About the Guava Flower

🌸 Frilly and Fabulous - Guava flowers may be small, but they're packed with fluffy white stamens that give them a soft, powder-puff look.
🌸 Pollinator Magnet - Bees and butterflies love guava blooms, making them a great addition to a pollinator-friendly garden.
🌸 Scent-sational - The flowers have a light, pleasant fragrance that adds a touch of sweetness before the fruit even arrives.
🌸 Bloom to Fruit - Each flower can turn into a delicious guava fruit, making them both beautiful and productive.
🌸 Part of the Showy Family - Guava (Psidium) belongs to the Myrtaceae family, which also includes eye-catching bloomers like Eucalyptus, Bottlebrush (Callistemon), and the stunning Rose Apple (Syzygium).

📚 More from previous posts about: #Guava

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Date: 24 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Dont miss out: Rare Sweet Tamarind - Seeds Planted!

Vietnamese Pink Sweet Tamarind tree

Don't miss out: Rare Sweet Tamarind - Seeds Planted!

🌱 We just harvested fruit from our young Vietnamese Pink Sweet Tamarind tree that we planted less than a year ago (see earlier post), and seeds are already planted!
🌱 Expect young trees of this rare, sweet variety (item#3497) in a few months.
🌱 Want one? Add it to your Wish List now!

🌱 First come, first served – don't miss your chance! More info on wishlist here.

Date: 22 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Newsletter

Celebrate Earth Day - Plant a Tree, Power the Planet!

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Date: 20 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

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!

🛒Start growing yours today - fresh, homegrown cinnamon is truly the spice of life!

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Date: 19 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Grow Your Own Guac: Avocado Independence Starts Now!

Dwarf Avocado tree with fruit

Avocado trees in pots

Red avocado

Avocado Russel

Mexican Avocado

Guatemalan Avocado

Grow Your Own Guac: Avocado Independence Starts Now!

News from Mexico? Avocado supplies are uncertain, and prices are going up. Why wait and worry - when you can grow your own right here at home?

Our grafted avocado trees are LOADED with flowers this April and ready to set fruit by the end of spring. Dozens of varieties, from 3-gallon to 25-gallon sizes, these are not babies - they're future guacamole machines!

🛒 Plant today. Harvest tomorrow. Never run out of avocados again. Get your Avocado tree!

📚 For more information on #Avocado varieties, including fruit color and size, tree habit, season, and much more - check out our interactive Avocado Variety Guide. It will helps to choose the right variety for you. With its interactive tool, you can sort cultivars by fruit shape and quality, cold hardiness, origin, crop season, flower type A or B, tree habit and more.

🎥 How Avocado trees set fruit

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Date: 18 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Newsletter

Want Constant Blooms? Plant Clerodendrums

Your Shortcut to a Colorful Garden

Q: Q: I live in Florida, and while everything is green, I want more color in my garden and patio. What low-maintenance perennials can add nonstop blooms without constant care? I'm tired of annuals that don't last. Do such plants even exist?

A: Yes, they do - and your perfect solution is Clerodendrums. These colorful tropical perennials grow fast, bloom for most of the year, and thrive in both sun and shade. They're easy to care for, relatively cold-tolerant, and come in many shapes: shrubs, vines, and even small trees. Ideal for both garden beds and containers.

Why Grow Clerodendrums?

Clerodendrums are tough, reliable, and visually striking plants:
- Fast-growing with a compact habit
- Available in many forms: shrubs, vines, and small trees
- Colorful flowers, many of them are sweetly fragrant!
- Thrive in sun or shade; cold tolerant; not picky about soil
- Bloom repeatedly or continuously
- Excellent for pots, patios, or indoors

Clerodendrums as Shrubs

- Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower: fragrant pink blooms, spreads quickly
- Clerodendrum incisum - Musical Note: unique buds shaped like musical notes
- Clerodendrum inerme - Wild Jasmine: salt-tolerant, good for seaside areas
- Clerodendrum mastacanthum - Pink Butterfly Bush: long-blooming, eye-catching pink
- Clerodendrum paniculatum - Pagoda Flower: layered red-orange towers of flowers
- Clerodendrum philippinum - Cashmere Bouquet: double fragrant flowers, shade-tolerant
- Clerodendrum ugandense - Blue Butterfly: delicate blue blooms that attract pollinators

Clerodendrums as Vines

- Clerodendrum thomsoniae - Bleeding Heart: classic red-and-white contrast, climbs easily
- Clerodendrum speciosum - Red Bleeding Heart: vivid magenta blooms, great on trellises

Clerodendrums as Small Trees

- Clerodendrum minahassae - Fountain Clerodendrum: upright, white flower sprays
- Clerodendrum sahelangii - Champagne Clerodendrum: cascading white blooms
- Clerodendrum quadriloculare - Winter Starburst: purple leaves, late winter blooms
- Clerodendrum schmitii - Chains of Glory: dangling flower clusters, unusual look
- Clerodendrum wallichii - Bridal Veil: long white flowers, graceful arching branches

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