1-22-2023: New Lunar Year

Customer message: Happy new year! My family is Chinese and we celebrate the lunar new year this weekend… the year of the rabbit. Wasn't sure if this email was sent in error (maybe your founder is Vietnamese? I think they celebrate the year of the cat...

Answer: You are right, it is a Year of the Rabbit in Chinese calendar, and it is also a Year of the Cat in Vietnamese, both starting from January 22nd, 2023. While in Chinese culture it is called a Year of the Rabbit, the Cat was seen as more relevant to the daily lives of Vietnamese farmers, who valued the cat's ability to protect their crops from rats, squirrels... Here at Top Tropicals we have a multi-national team, and although we don't have a Vietnamese person yet, but we have lots of cats - all kinds!

Happy New Year of the two furry friends:
RABBIT and CAT!

Flowers in the photo above: Clerodendrum philippinum - Cashmere Bouquet, Scent Malli. Very fragrant off-white flowers, carnation-like, coming in big clusters. Shade tolerant shrub, great for shade gardens as well as indoor culture to enjoy tropical fragrance year around.

Project Ian

A letter from a gardener:
"We just want our paradise back!"

"...My name is Ian, and I am a 21 y/o Natural Resource Management student at South Dakota State University. In 2006, my family found a small barrier island lush with foliage and virtually untouched by the modern world, and we fell in love. Little Gasparilla Island became a piece of our family and now after 16 years, we still spend months out of each year enjoying the island's natural beauty.
Enter Hurricane Ian.
With the eye of the hurricane traveling directly over the island, many homes and materialistic items were destroyed, but more importantly, the once beautiful "jungle" is now more comparable to a barren desert.
This is where I was hoping to get some help... to restore the beauty of Little Gasparilla. After almost 3 weeks, neither the county nor FEMA has made it out to survey our island. And it is almost as if we feel forgotten. After fending for ourselves for clean-up, I am ready to get to work on landscaping. Plants are my passion and it pains me each day to wake up and see that 90% of our Australian and Norfolk Island Pines are completely gone, along with most foliage and palms.
We just want our paradise back, and many of us will work for it by any means necessary..."

We replied to Ian who suffered from Ian... We are willing to help his beautiful island, as well as everyone who is looking for help restoring our Florida beauty. Check out our deals and re-leaf discounts we send in our Newsletters. Remember to attend our Garden Festival on Nov 19, with some big discounts as well as free plants for after-Ian re-leaf!

We will make Florida beautiful again.
We will call it Project Ian!

Fall Festival rescheduled:
now November 19th

Due to hurricane Ian aftermath in SW Florida, many gardeners aren't able to attend our Garden Event that was originally scheduled for this coming Saturday Oct 8. So we decided to reschedule it for November 19, 2022 so everyone can come. Please update your calendars!

We have spent weeks planning this special event and the show will go on, as soon as everybody gets back on their feet. Stay strong and come back, we will help you to restore your gardens!

NEW: Festival RE-LEAF special

FREE plant for every guest - no purchase necessary!

Throughout years of living in Florida with its sometimes harsh weather - hurricanes, flood, freeze, drought - we have lost plants too, and we feel your pain now! To help everyone to restore their gardens after hurricane Ian, we are offering a FREE plant program. Yes, it's absolutely free, and no purchase required. This promotion will be run during our Fall Festival and every guest will receive a free gift plant!

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PeopleCats Botanical Garden Grand Opening
Guided tour with Mark Hooten

Top Tropicals Garden Center is pleased to invite you to visit our new PeopleCats Botanical Garden on the grounds of Top Tropicals in Ft Myers. It is named in honor of the relationship with our beloved Cats, who we treat like People. You'll see our Garden PeopleCats roaming the property. As a matter of fact, they rule the garden!
The Garden has many mature trees and plants so you can see what they look like before your purchase them in our Garden Center. And of course, our PeopleCats will be guiding you in the Gardens!

Photo above: blue light in the forest - TopTropicals Garden Ghost, the spirit is always watching!

Top Story: The little mango tree that could

REAL DEALS:
More specials
with instant 30% OFF!

No min order. Exp. 5-22-22.

1213 Tithonia diversifolia - Sunflower tree

Grown in

10"/3 gal pot

$32.95

  

Flash sale 30% OFF:  $23.07

4334 Jackfruit tree Super Thai (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

Grown in 10"/3 gal pot, large plant $72.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $51.06

3500 Persimmon tree Native American, Low chill, Diospyros virginiana

Grown in 6"/1 gal pot $37.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $26.57

2728 Bauhinia variegata purple - Orchid Tree

Grown in 10"/3 gal pot $42.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $30.07

5647 Vernonia fulta - Tropical Aster, Ironweed, Bitterleaf

Grown in 10"/3 gal pot, large plant $32.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $23.07

2988 Monstera deliciosa (Philodendron pertusum) - Swiss cheese plant

Grown in 6-10"/1-3 gal pot $37.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $26.57

2710 Pavonia multiflora - Brazilian Candles

Grown in 6"/1 gal pot $32.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $23.07

1120 Jasminum mesnyi - Japanese Jasmine

Grown in 10"/3 gal pot $37.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $26.57

6785 Alocasia Imperial Red

Grown in 10"/3 gal pot, large plant $37.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $26.57

2100 Justicia Fruit Cocktail

Grown in 6"/1 gal pot $17.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $12.57

2509 Kopsia arborea (pruniformis) - Pin-Mala

Grown in 10"/3 gal pot $22.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $16.07

6020 Alpinia x purpurata - Hot Pink Cone Ginger

Grown in 10"/3 gal pot $37.95    Flash sale 30% OFF:  $26.57