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What is the best undemanding yet interesting plant for dry, hot area
Pedilanthus tithymaloides â€" Devils Backbone, Jacobs Ladder
⚡️ What is the best undemanding yet interesting plant for dry, hot area
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- 🌿 Pedilanthus tithymaloides – better known as Devils Backbone or Jacobs Ladder – is a fun, quirky plant with zig-zagging stems that definitely catch the eye! Despite its name, it's anything but evil, it's just a name that adds intrigue.
- 🌿 Its curious structure looks like nature decided to make an origami plant! Its cute pink blooms add to the charm.
- 🌿 Whether you’re into drought-tolerant landscaping/xeriscaping or need an easy-going houseplant, this one fits the bill. Plus, it's a survivor, tolerating dry conditions with style.
- 🌿 Perfect for those who like a bit of plant personality.
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Why do we love Ground Orchids?
Ground Orchids
❔ Why do we love Ground Orchids?
❓ Q: I need your expert advice on a low growing perennial with pretty flowers that I can plant in semi-shade close to my house. What is your favorite perennial?
😊 A: Our most favorite bright flowering perennials are ground orchids!
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❓ Q: I need your expert advice on a low growing perennial with pretty flowers that I can plant in semi-shade close to my house. What is your favorite perennial?
😊 A: Our most favorite bright flowering perennials are ground orchids!
- 💋 Ground orchids are the easiest and most rewarding flowers for a tropical garden. They thrive in regular garden soil or potting mix, tolerate both sun and shade, and bloom nearly year-round.
- 💋 Their adaptability makes them a perfect choice for any spot in the garden, whether you need to fill a sunny patch or a shaded area under trees.
- 💋 And look at these colors! From vibrant purples to soft pinks and yellows, ground orchids bring a splash of tropical beauty with minimal effort. Their consistent blooming makes them a must-have for gardeners seeking color all year.
- 💋 For profuse blooming, apply Sunshine Orchidasm - Orchid TotalFeed Booster.
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What Ginger makes a natural shampoo?
Pine Cone Ginger (Zingiber Zerumbet), Shampoo Ginger
What Ginger makes a natural shampoo?
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- 🎍Pine Cone Ginger (Zingiber Zerumbet), also called Shampoo Ginger due to its unique, milky substance found in the cones. It is widely used as a natural shampoo in Asia and Hawaii, and even found in commercial shampoos.
- 🎍Fragrant and Spicy: All parts of the plant are known for their strong, spicy fragrance.
- 🎍Stunning Flowers: The cone-shaped flowers are long-lasting and perfect for cut flower arrangements.
- 🎍Fun history: Pinecone ginger is a canoe plant, brought across the Pacific by ancient Polynesian settlers.
📚 Gingers from previous posts:
- 🟡Favorite Ginger - African Princess
- 🟡Most interesting edible gingers
- 🟡5 most spectacular Ginger species
- 🟡How to French Kiss: the Red Button Ginger
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How to have the Deep Purple mood year around
Calathea rufibarba - Fuzzy Pheasant Feather, Deep Purple Velvet Furry
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- 🟣 Calathea rufibarba - Fuzzy Pheasant Feather, Deep Purple Velvet Furry - a favorite of shade garden landscapers. This thin, fuzzy, rippled leaf Calathea is very attractive as well as durable. A purple leaf back adds to this plants rich color and texture.
- 🟣 The upper foliage of Calathea rufibarba is semi-glossy, and olive green. The under side of the foliage, along with the stems are rich burgundy to deep purple!
- 🟣 The stems are covered with fine purplish-brown hairs.
- 🟣 Place your Deep Purple Calathea in bright filtered or indirect light.
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What to plant by the pond?
Elephant Ears Illustris Colocasia
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- 🐘 Elephant Ears Illustris Colocasia is a classic beauty.
- 🐘 The heart-shaped, large purple-and-green leaves of Illustris are huge, and their dark highlights are stunning.
- 🐘 This elephant ear is a lover of moist shade, but does best with a little dappled sunlight.
- 🐘 It will tolerate boggy conditions.
- 🐘 Provide light shade to full shade and consistently moist or boggy soil.
- 🐘 It is a strong fast growing variety that does great in container, landscapes, ponds and patios.
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How to grow your own Chanel #5
Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree
🌞 How to grow your own Chanel #5.
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- ✨ Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree is a highly sought-after plant fragrant small tree.
- ✨It stays compact with a lovely tree-like shape.
- ✨ Flowers smell just like the full-size Ylang-Ylang (source of Chanel#5 perfume fragrance), though the fragrance may be lighter in less humid conditions.
- ✨Starts flowering right away and blooms year-round in warm conditions.
- ✨ Thrives as a container- and houseplant. Needs bright light for profuse flowering.
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What is the biggest Gardenia flower? Tahitian Gardenia is as big as your hand!
Gardenia taitensis "Heaven Scent"
✋ What is the biggest Gardenia flower? Tahitian Gardenia is as big as your hand!
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- 💮 Gardenia taitensis "Heaven Scent" has a double flower up to 6" in diameter!
- 💮 This hybrid is very rare and hard to find.
- 💮 The intoxicating sweet fragrant blossoms are creamy white works of art.
- 💮 Huge double flowers up to 5-6" in diameter and large glossy oval leaves.
- 💮 Perfect container plant
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Fun Fact: King Anthurium
Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium
Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium
Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium
👑 Fun Fact: King Anthurium
🔖 Crowning its title, Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium - boasts leaves up to 3 feet long! Majestic houseplant! Very hard to find, rare plant.
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🔖 Crowning its title, Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium - boasts leaves up to 3 feet long! Majestic houseplant! Very hard to find, rare plant.
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Why Champaka tree is such a popular perfume tree
Joy Perfume tree - Magnolia (Michelia) champaca
🏆 Why Champaka tree is such a popular perfume tree
🎥 Yellow Champaka in bloom. This tree is 3 years old.
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Flower of the most expensive perfume
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- 🏵 The flowers from Champaka, or Joy Perfume tree (Magnolia (Michelia) champaca) - are used to make the world's most expensive perfume 'Joy' and smell like fruity bubble gum... you can't stop sticking your nose in this flower!
- 🏵 Sacred tree of India and SE Asia. The flowers exude a divine fragrance that is exceedingly pleasing to the Gods... and women.
- 🏵 The tree is very compact for both landscapes and containers. It has bushy, yet columnar shape. Can be grown in container with minimal pruning.
- 🏵 Blooms on and off several times a year. Relatively cold hardy, but requires regular watering.
🎥 Yellow Champaka in bloom. This tree is 3 years old.
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Flower of the most expensive perfume
White Champaka
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Fun Fact: Voodoo Lily
Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily plant
Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, flower
Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, flower
😈 Fun Fact: Voodoo Lily
👹 Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, blooms from a single corm and releases an unforgettable scent, often compared to rotting meat. Despite its bizarre appearance and smell (that only lasts one day!), it's a showstopper that can easily be grown as a houseplant.
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👹 Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, blooms from a single corm and releases an unforgettable scent, often compared to rotting meat. Despite its bizarre appearance and smell (that only lasts one day!), it's a showstopper that can easily be grown as a houseplant.
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