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Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?

 Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?  Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?  Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?  Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?
🪻 Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?

You already saw one unusual blue flower of Tropics - Lead Flower. This one is even more interesting!

👄 Mazabuka, or Blue Lips (Sclerochiton harveyanus) has mauve-blue, unusually lipped flowers that are lightly violet-lavender-fragrant!

  • 💙 Blue Lips create a pretty floral display on this shade-loving shrub with its attractive glossy green foliage.

  • 💙 Flowers are mauve-blue to purple and the lower petals are ribbed, giving the impression of lips, hence the common name.

  • 💙 Five fringed lobes, equal in size, short and rounded, are the flowers distinguishing feature.

  • 💙 Shade lover. Will happily bloom in the shade!


🐝🐦 The numerous flowers produced in summer are attractive to pollinating insects which encourage insect-feeding birds into the garden.

📚 Learn more: Surprising Violet fragrance of the Blue Lips

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How to get a big flowering bush quickly?

How to get a big flowering bush quickly? How to get a big flowering bush quickly? How to get a big flowering bush quickly?
🏡 How to get a big flowering bush quickly? Calliandra - Powderpuff - is your answer for blocking the unwanted view!

💗 With so many varieties to choose from, Calliandras are the winners when you need to create a screen quickly. Just in one season you can have a nice dense shrub with benefits - the Powderpuff flowers are so pretty! Everbloomer.

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Cat of the Day - Mr B

🐈 Cat of the Day - Mr B.

Did you know that Lemon Grass freshens your pet's breath? Mr B knows. He is the fan. He doesn't brush his teeth before going to bed, but claims he has a lemon-fresh breath. Good night!🌜

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🛒 And get some Lemon Grass - a versatile performer in the kitchen where it can be used in teas, beverages, herbal medicines, Eastern inspired soups and other dishes.

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Brown thumb? No problem

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👍🏾 Brown thumb? No problem. This is how to get an indestructible massive indoor plant that is easier than a plastic plant!

🌿 Peperomia x scandens - Emerald Girl is the most exceptional plant we've ever seen.
- doesn't care about water
- doesn't care about light
- doesn't care about cats messing with it
- just keeps growing, and growing, and growing...

😵 It is an indoor miracle!

🛒 Get the plant no one can kill

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Hot-hot-hot HEART! Yet so tasty and flavorful! How hot is it, really?

 Hot-hot-hot HEART! Yet so tasty and flavorful! How hot is it, really?  Hot-hot-hot HEART! Yet so tasty and flavorful! How hot is it, really?
🌶 Hot-hot-hot HEART! Yet so tasty and flavorful! How hot is it, really?

🔥 Capsicum annuum x chinense - Biquinho Pepper ❤️-shaped!
  • ❤️ An exceptionally distinct pepper, an ancient hybrid of Capsicum annuum (bird pepper) and Capsicum chinense (habanero group).

  • ❤️ While of small size (1"), these heart-shaped red fruits are prolifically produced along the branches of compact plants.

  • ❤️ Extremely showy, ornamental peppers with culinary benefits. Great for container garden.

  • ❤️ What separates this variety from others is its unique intense fruity habanero flavor which packs quite a bang! 💥

  • ❤️ For abundant crops, fertilizer with Sunshine C-Cibus plant booster.


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What is your cats Zodiac sign?

  What is your cats Zodiac sign?
♉️ 😸 What is your cat's Zodiac sign?
Cat Horoscope: Taurus Cats 4/21-5/20


❓ How to know the astrological sign of your cat? It can be determined by either their date of birth or adoption, as adoption is often considered a second birth for cats.

  • ✨ You can discover the astrological traits that describe the cat, such as their independence, diva-like tendencies, sense of humor, intelligence, and more.

  • ✨ It's also important to consider the astrological relationship between cats and plants...


♉️ Taurus Cats are:
  • ▪️sybarites
  • ▪️gourmands
  • ▪️pragmatic
  • ▪️excellent ratters
  • ▪️possessive


🌟 Learn more about Taurus Cats and discover their lucky plants

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Its not a cherry blossom! What is this pink-flowered beauty? Its one of the most beautiful Florida trees

🌸 It's not a cherry blossom! What is this pink-flowered beauty? It's one of the most beautiful Florida trees...

Tabebuia impetiginosa
- Dwarf Pink Tabebuia, is a spectacular Winter-Spring bloomer!

  • ♦️ Nice landscape tree, compact and fits small yards.

  • ♦️Beautiful bright pink flowers with yellow throats, covering the tree before new leaves appear.

  • ♦️ Winter bloomer - great choice with snow birds who stay in Florida in winter and want to see some flowers.

  • ♦️ More tabebuia varieties exist with yellow, white, purple flowers.


❄️ Tabebuia is a cold hardy tropical, at least to upper 20's. Grows well in Central Florida.

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Cat of the Day - Gucci

 Cat of the Day - Gucci
🐈 Cat of the Day - Gucci.

"...I wonder why they say it's healthy to go to bed with an empty stomach and a clear head? Good night..." 😼🌜
  • 📸 from our subscriber.

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How to grow the biggest fruit on Earth

How to grow the biggest fruit on Earth How to grow the biggest fruit on Earth How to grow the biggest fruit on Earth
🍐 How to grow the biggest fruit on Earth.

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is one of the most fascinating tropical fruit, as we showed earlier.

  • 👉 In spite of reputation being ultra tropical, the tree is not as cold sensitive as everyone believes. Mature trees can withstand light frost for a few hours without significant damage. Keeping Jackfruit in a pot is also an option in colder areas.

  • 👉 The fruit is so large and heavy that the tree has a smart feature to produce only at the base of the trunk. This makes it possible to keep Jackfruit tree at very short height - 6-7 ft tall. It can be grown in containers considering regular topping/pruning.


🔻 Secrets of Jackfruit successful production:

  • 📍 Frost free temperatures
  • 📍 Soil rich of organic matter (compost, manure, peat moss)
  • 📍 Moist soil and regular watering
  • 📍 Constant pruning and keeping under 7-10 ft
  • 📍Regular application of fertilizer, microelements and SUNSHINE-Honey supplement for better quality fruit.


🎥 Videos: of the fruit and of the tree

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Fun Facts: Cacao beans

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📖 Fun Facts: Cacao beans (Theobroma cacao) were used to make chocolate, and the ancient Maya and Aztec civilizations valued cacao beans as currency 💰 Can we use chocolate as money?
  • 🍫 Chocolate tree has large dark green leaves that shade the fruit pods which grow directly from the trunk and branches.
  • 🍫 The flesh of the fruit is eaten as a dessert, and the seeds are the raw material of chocolate. Hot chocolate can be made by drying the seeds, roasting, grinding, and adding milk.

  • 🍫 This exotic rare tree makes a gem of a houseplant collection.


🛒Get your own Chocolate Tree

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