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Top 20 plants for a Butterfly Haven Top 20 plants for a Butterfly Haven The most spectacular butterfly plants for the previous post *Acacia farnesiana, Sweet Mimosa * Antigonon leptopus - Mexican Coral Vine * Aristolochia - Pelican Flower, Dutchmans Pipe * Caesalpinia - Dwarf Poinciana, Bird of Paradise * Calliandra - Powderpuff * Cassia (Senna) - especially yellow-flowered varieties * Clerodendrums - all varieties * Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea * Dombeya - Tropical Hydrangea * Jatropha - Coral Plant * Justicia - Brazilian Plume * Lonchocarpus violaceus - Lilac Tree * Lonicera - Honeysuckle * Mansoa alliacea - Garlic Vine * Passiflora - Passion Vine * Petrea - Queens Wreath * Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine * Quisqualis Indica - single flower * Senecio confusus - Mexican flame vine * Tecoma and Tecomaria Transform your yard into a Butterfly Haven with exotic plants Learn more: #Butterfly_Plants Five best butterfly attractors for a Southern garden Join TopTropicals. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Top 20 plants for a Butterfly Haven

Best plants for a Butterfly Haven Garden

Best plants for a Butterfly Haven Garden

🦋 Top 20 plants for a Butterfly Haven

🏆 The most spectacular butterfly plants for the previous post 👆

*️⃣Acacia farnesiana, Sweet Mimosa
*️⃣ Antigonon leptopus - Mexican Coral Vine
*️⃣ Aristolochia - Pelican Flower, Dutchmans Pipe
*️⃣ Caesalpinia - Dwarf Poinciana, Bird of Paradise
*️⃣ Calliandra - Powderpuff
*️⃣ Cassia (Senna) - especially yellow-flowered varieties
*️⃣ Clerodendrums - all varieties
*️⃣ Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea
*️⃣ Dombeya - Tropical Hydrangea
*️⃣ Jatropha - Coral Plant
*️⃣ Justicia - Brazilian Plume
*️⃣ Lonchocarpus violaceus - Lilac Tree
*️⃣ Lonicera - Honeysuckle
*️⃣ Mansoa alliacea - Garlic Vine
*️⃣ Passiflora - Passion Vine
*️⃣ Petrea - Queens Wreath
*️⃣ Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine
*️⃣ Quisqualis Indica - single flower
*️⃣ Senecio confusus - Mexican flame vine
*️⃣ Tecoma and Tecomaria

🛒 Transform your yard into a Butterfly Haven with exotic plants

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Five best butterfly attractors for a Southern garden

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Butterfly Haven or a Heaven on Earth? Q: What should I plant in my yard to create a butterfly haven? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Butterfly Haven or a Heaven on Earth?

🦋 Butterfly Haven or a Heaven on Earth?

❓Q: What should I plant in my yard to create a butterfly haven? I love butterflies and want to create a unique butterfly paradise, but I'm looking for something exotic and unusual - nothing like the typical Milkweed or Pentas that everyone recommends. What can you suggest to make my yard stand out from the usual native landscape while still attracting butterflies? I have plenty of space and want something diverse and showy!

‼️ A: In previous posts we introduced many #Butterfly_Plants including Five best butterfly attractors.
In next post you will see the most spectacular tropical and subtropical plants perfect for Southern gardens so you can create a dynamic and colorful butterfly haven. These options are unique, eclectic, and exotic - your flowers will not only be butterfly magnets but will also turn heads with their striking beauty! 👇

🛒 Transform your yard into a Butterfly Haven with exotic plants

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What is the most colorful houseplant? Yet another Goldfish Plant! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

What is the most colorful houseplant?

Columnea Melissa - Flying Goldfish Plant

🐟What is the most colorful houseplant?
  • 🐡 Yet another Goldfish Plant! Columnea Melissa - Flying Goldfish Plant isn't just a houseplant - it's a little jungle fantasy.
  • 🐡 Bright orange flowers shaped like tiny goldfish with wings seem to hover in midair, suspended by cascading stems of velvety green foliage. The blooms pop out all along the trailing branches, creating the illusion of a school of flying fish!
  • 🐡 Native to tropical cloud forests, Columnea loves humidity, filtered light, and showing off. Perfect for hanging baskets where it can spill and shimmer like a living waterfall of color. A total conversation piece you don't see every day!


🛒 Get your own showy Flying Goldfish Plant

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Why cannas shine in southern landscapes Why cannas shine in southern landscapes Canna lilies thrive in the heat and humidity of the South, delivering bold, tropical flair with minimal effort. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Why cannas shine in southern landscapes

🌷 Why cannas shine in southern landscapes

  • 🌷 Canna lilies thrive in the heat and humidity of the South, delivering bold, tropical flair with minimal effort.

  • 🌷 These low-maintenance hardy perennials grow fast, bloom nearly year-round, and handle everything from full sun to soggy soil.

  • 🌷 Their dramatic foliage and vivid flowers add instant impact to borders, containers, and water features.

  • 🌷 Meet some standout Cannas:

  • ♦️ Canna Australia - Towering up to 6-7 ft, this collectible variety flaunts fiery red blooms and rich burgundy leaves. A favorite for borders, ponds, and seed jewelry alike.

  • ♦️Canna Madeira - A compact beauty with red blooms edged in yellow, perfect for the front of borders or small containers.

  • ♦️Canna Tropicanna - A showstopper with tangerine flowers and striped foliage in bronze, green, and fuchsia tones - stunning even without blooms.


More Canna flowers in next post 👇

🛒 Add bold color with Cannas

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How to have your own FREE fresh Noni juice year round How to have your own FREE fresh Noni juice year roundMany people have heard about the mysterious and miraculous Noni fruit, yet few know exactly what it is. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How to have your own FREE fresh Noni juice year round

How to have your own FREE fresh Noni juice year round

Many people have heard about the mysterious and miraculous Noni fruit, yet few know exactly what it is. This odd-looking fruit grows on a beautiful tropical tree from Polynesia - Morinda citrifolia, that actually belongs to a Coffee family! The Noni fruit, also called Cheese Fruit for its special odor, has unique health benefits. It is said that this plant food is to be used when we are feeling really ill or really old... Do you want to know how to have your own FREE fresh Noni juice year round?
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Where do almonds come from? From the prettiest red-leaved tree with health benefits! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Where do almonds come from?

🌰 Where do almonds come from? From the prettiest red-leaved tree with health benefits!
  • 📝 Most commercial almonds come from the Prunus dulcis tree, a close relative of Peach Tree, native to the Middle East and South Asia. However, Tropical Almond (Terminalia catappa), also called Indian almond or Sea almond, produces a similar nut in tropical regions.

  • 📝 The Tropical Almond tree puts on a spectacular fall display rarely seen in evergreen tropical regions. As a deciduous tree, it sheds its large, glossy leaves in a burst of color - shifting from green to brilliant shades of red, orange, and especially bright mauve. This fiery transformation sets it apart from most tropical trees. At the same time, the almond-like fruits ripen, making this tree not only a visual showstopper but also a source of delicious, nutritious nuts.


🌰 Health benefits of Tropical Almond:

  • ✅ Rich in omega-3 fatty acids - supports brain and heart health.

  • ✅ High in protein and healthy fats – helps build and maintain muscle and energy.

  • ✅ Strengthens bones and teeth – due to its calcium and phosphorus content.

  • ✅ Improves eye health – thanks to antioxidants like vitamin E.

  • ✅ Reduces inflammation – naturally anti-inflammatory.

  • ✅ Supports liver and digestive health – traditional medicine uses the leaves for liver diseases, diarrhea, and dysentery.

  • ✅ Used as an aphrodisiac – in some traditional systems.


Tropical Almonds can be grown in the ground or containers and are tolerant of heat, drought, and salt, making them great for tropical and coastal gardens.

🛒 Plant the Tropical Almond Tree with mauve fall color

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A Plumeria you can train to climb? Fragrance on the fence - the climbing Frangipani A Plumeria you can train to climb? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

A Plumeria you can train to climb? Fragrance on the fence - the climbing Frangipani

Chonemorpha fragrans - Frangipani vine

💮 A Plumeria you can train to climb? Fragrance on the fence - the climbing Frangipani...
  • 💮 Twelve-inch leaves and a perfume cloud? Yes, it's real. Chonemorpha fragrans, or Frangipani vine, is a large woody tropical liana with clusters of large, perfume-fragrant flowers and lush green foliage. It is close related to perfumed Plumeria - Frangipani.
  • 💮 Chonemorpha fragrans, the stunning Frangipani vine is a classic tropical woody climber, Plumeria's wilder cousin, bursting with huge, lush leaves (up to 12 inches long!) and clusters of intensely fragrant, creamy white flowers that smell just like your favorite Plumeria.
  • 💮 Unlike its tree-form relative, this beauty grows as a vine and needs a strong support to climb - think fence, trellis, or pergola.
  • 💮 Plant it in full sun for the best bloom show, though it's happy in partial shade too.
  • 💮 With the right care and some fertilizer, it will turn your garden into a fragrant paradise and stop guests in their tracks. Plant it by your sitting area, and enjoy nature's own perfume drifting in the breeze!


🛒 Add Frangipani perfume to your fence

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How to make your own coffee from homegrown beans How to make your own coffee from homegrown beans Q: Can you make coffee from your own tree? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How to make your own coffee from homegrown beans

Coffee Tree in a cup (Coffea arabica)

Coffee Tree in a cup (Coffea arabica)

Coffee Tree with fruit (Coffea arabica)

Coffee Tree with fruit (Coffea arabica)

Coffee beans (Coffea arabica)

Coffee beans (Coffea arabica)

Coffee beans (Coffea arabica)

Coffee beans (Coffea arabica)

Coffee beans (Coffea arabica)

Coffee beans (Coffea arabica)

Coffee cherries on a tree (Coffea arabica)

Coffee cherries on a tree (Coffea arabica)

☕️ How to make your own coffee from homegrown beans

Q: Can you make coffee from your own tree? Isn't there a process involved to prepare beans for it?
A: Absolutely! Yes, it is quite a process... But homegrown coffee lets you enjoy the freshest, chemical-free beans with rich flavor and the satisfaction of growing it yourself. Besides, it's fun! Below is a quick guide how to grow and make your own coffee from freshly harvested coffee fruit (called "cherries").
  • 🫘 Harvest the ripe cherries

    • Pick the bright red fruits when they are fully ripe. These contain the coffee beans inside.
  • 🫘 Remove the beans

    • Squeeze the cherries to pop out the seeds (beans). Rinse off any pulp and soak them in water for 1-2 days to ferment and remove the slimy coating.
  • 🫘 Dry the beans

    • Spread the clean beans on a tray in a sunny, dry spot. Let them dry for 1-2 weeks, turning them daily, until they feel hard and papery.
  • 🫘 Remove the parchment

    • Once dried, crack and remove the thin husk around each bean. You now have green coffee beans ready to roast.
  • 🫘 Roast the beans

    • Use a dry skillet or oven. Heat until beans turn brown and fragrant, stirring constantly. The longer you roast, the darker and stronger the flavor.
  • 🫘 Cool and grind

Let roasted beans cool completely, then grind them just before brewing. Enjoy your homemade cup of fresh coffee!

🛒 Grow it. Pick it. Roast it. Drink it. Buy your coffee tree now!

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Coffee trees are in bloom! Coffee prices are climbing, supplies are tightening, and drought in Brazil is hitting hard The best time to plant a Coffee Tree was yesterday - the next best time is right now! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Coffee trees are in bloom!

Coffee trees in bloom

☕️ Coffee trees are in bloom!

☕️ Coffee prices are climbing, supplies are tightening, and drought in Brazil is hitting hard 🫤
The best time to plant a Coffee Tree was yesterday - the next best time is right now!

🎥 Our Coffee trees (Coffea arabica) are bursting with blooms, promising a fresh harvest and home-roasted coffee like no other.
It's time to take your morning cup into your own hands!

🛒 Grow it. Pick it. Roast it. Drink it. Buy your coffee tree now!

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What fruit can reduce your blood pressure?

Top ten tropical fruit that help reduce blood pressure

Q: Can you recommend trees which fruit are beneficial for balancing blood pressure? I have limited space, so I want to be selective and grow a food forest that truly supports my health.

A: You don't need to spend $$$ on doctors and medications to stay healthy and young. By eating right and adding a few powerful plants and fruits to your diet, you can naturally keep your blood pressure in check. If you plant them today - you can harvest your own medicine tomorrow. And don't forget - gardening itself is therapeutic! It keeps you active, reduces stress, and helps your whole body stay in balance.

💚 Top ten tropical fruit that help reduce blood pressure:

🍈 Jackfruit - Contains potassium and magnesium, which help relax blood vessels and regulate blood pressure.

🍉 Guava - Rich in potassium and fiber, supports vascular health and may help lower blood pressure.

🍊 Papaya - High in potassium and antioxidants, promoting healthy blood pressure.

🍌 Banana - Well-known for its high potassium content, which helps counteract sodium and lower blood pressure.

🍍 Pineapple - Contains potassium and bromelain, which may support circulation and reduce inflammation.

🍅 Persimmon - High in fiber and antioxidants, which can contribute to better heart and vascular function.

🍇 Mulberry - Contains resveratrol and other antioxidants linked to heart health and blood pressure support.

🥓Tamarind - Rich in potassium and fiber, may help regulate blood pressure and support arterial health.

🍑 Loquat - Contains potassium, aiding in fluid balance and blood pressure control.

🍒 Tropical Cherry (Eugenia) - Contains antioxidants and supports healthy circulation.

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