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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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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

🛒 Order Blue Lips

#Perfume_Plants #Shade_Garden #Butterfly_Plants

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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.

🛒 Shop Calliandras - Powderpuffs

#Hedges_with_benefits #Butterfly_Plants #How_to

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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

 Brown thumb? No problem  Brown thumb? No problem
👍🏾 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

#PeopleCats #Horoscope

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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.

🛒 Shop Tabebuias

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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..." 😼🌜
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