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What is the most spectacular flowering shrub? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

What is the most spectacular flowering shrub?

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, or Bird of Paradise

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, or Bird of Paradise

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, or Bird of Paradise

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, or Bird of Paradise

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, or Bird of Paradise

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, or Bird of Paradise

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, or Bird of Paradise

♥️ What is the most spectacular flowering shrub?

🔥 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, or Bird of Paradise - is one of the most beautiful flowering shrubs. It is a low-maintenance yet visually striking plant to enhance outdoor spaces.
  • ♦️ Prized for its stunning, vibrant flowers that resemble miniature versions of tropical flamboyant blooms.
  • ♦️ Compact size
  • ♦️ Easy to care of
  • ♦️ Prolific blooming period
  • ♦️ Resilience to heat and drought
  • ♦️ Red, Yellow, and Pink flowering varieties available.


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Cat of the Day - Shaka. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Cat of the Day - Shaka

Cat of the Day - Shaka Cat of the Day - Shaka Cat of the Day - Shaka
🐈 Cat of the Day - Shaka

One day a feral cat had given birth to a kitten on our front porch, but the mother had left and not returned...
Find out what happened next... a happy ending! Good night.🌜

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The fragrance no one can resist! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

The fragrance no one can resist!

Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

💗 The fragrance no one can resist!
  • 🟠 The enchanting fragrance of the Honeysuckle is sweet and captivating, it has a universal appeal that everyone loves.
  • 🟠 The alluring scent can evoke nostalgic memories and create a sense of tranquility, making it irresistible to anyone.
  • 🟠 Honeysuckle is cherished for its fragrant, tubular flowers that attract pollinators like bees and butterflies, adding vibrancy to gardens. 🐞🐝
  • 🟠 Its vigorous growth and ability to climb make it ideal for covering walls, fences, or arbors, providing both beauty and privacy.
  • 🟠 One of the garden favorites! Its resilience and adaptability to various climates make it a versatile and enduring choice for gardeners worldwide.


🌡 This is a cold hardy tropical, can take some freeze once established.

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Why exotic Mamey fruit is so much wanted? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Why exotic Mamey fruit is so much wanted?

Pouteria sapota, Mamey Sapote

Pouteria sapota, Mamey Sapote

Pouteria sapota, Mamey Sapote

Pouteria sapota, Mamey Sapote

Pouteria sapota, Mamey Sapote

Pouteria sapota, Mamey Sapote

Pouteria sapota, Mamey Sapote

🍊 Why exotic Mamey fruit is so much wanted?

Pouteria sapota, or Mamey Sapote - is Cuban favorite. It is considered by Cubans to produce the best fruit in the world.

🍹 The fruit has delicious bright orange soft flesh, sweet and pumpkin-like in flavor. The Mamey fruit is eaten fresh, in milk shakes and ice cream.

👀 Mamey has a curious growth habit: flowers emerge in clusters in the axils of fallen leaves along the branches, followed by the showy fruit. This is called cauliflorous - plants that flower and fruit from their main stems or woody trunks. Other examples are Cucumber tree and Jaboticaba.

🌳 Mamey is a slow growing, compact tree, but needs some space to spread the branches. It normally grows 20 ft in height and 20 ft wide.

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Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind!

Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind!
🌺 Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind! 👀

  • 💀     Hibiscus schizopetalus - Skeleton Hibiscus, or Coral Hibiscus - earns its nickname due to the delicate, lacy appearance of its flowers. The Latin word schizopetalus literally means "crazy petals"! Flowers look like parachutes, with lacy petals bent backward. The petals are thin and elongated, resembling the intricate structure of a skeleton or bones! 💀

  • ♦️ When the flowers bloom, they create a beautiful, ethereal effect, which has led to the association with the term "skeleton." This unique characteristic sets it apart from other hibiscus varieties, hence the distinctive moniker.

  • ♦️ Spectacular weeping tree shape, it has slender and gracefully curved stems.

  • ♦️ Rare and hard to find.

  • ♦️ Grows rapidly and blooms freely.

  • ♦️ Can be trained into a showy standard.


🛒 Get Skeleton Hibiscus

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Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind!

Hibiscus schizopetalus - Skeleton Hibiscus, Coral Hibiscus

Hibiscus schizopetalus - Skeleton Hibiscus, Coral Hibiscus

🌺 Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind! 👀
  • 💀 Hibiscus schizopetalus - Skeleton Hibiscus, or Coral Hibiscus - earns its nickname due to the delicate, lacy appearance of its flowers. The Latin word schizopetalus literally means "crazy petals"! Flowers look like parachutes, with lacy petals bent backward. The petals are thin and elongated, resembling the intricate structure of a skeleton or bones! 💀

  • ♦️ When the flowers bloom, they create a beautiful, ethereal effect, which has led to the association with the term "skeleton." This unique characteristic sets it apart from other hibiscus varieties, hence the distinctive moniker.
  • ♦️ Spectacular weeping tree shape, it has slender and gracefully curved stems.
  • ♦️ Rare and hard to find.
  • ♦️ Grows rapidly and blooms freely.
  • ♦️ Can be trained into a showy standard.


🛒 Get Skeleton Hibiscus

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Cat of the Day - Ricki. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Cat of the Day - Ricki

Cat of the Day - Ricki
🐈 Cat of the Day - Ricki

Find yourself a comfortable spot like Ricki did - he likes hanging out on a grill. Cool or hot, it's all good. Good night.🌜

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Why they call this Clerodendrum Musical Notes? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Why they call this Clerodendrum Musical Notes?

Clerodendrum incisum - Musical Note

Clerodendrum incisum - Musical Note

Clerodendrum incisum - Musical Note

Clerodendrum incisum - Musical Note

🎶 Why they call this Clerodendrum Musical Notes?

Clerodendrum incisum - Musical Note, Morning Kiss - has very unusual and showy flowers.
  • ♪ The unopened flowers resemble musical notes, giving the plant its name.
  • ♪ A compact grower and low-maintenance plant, perfect for gardens as it blooms well in both full sun and shade, and tolerates some drought ☀️☁️ .
  • ♪ It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, making it a great choice for people who want to encourage wildlife in their gardens

🐞🐝.

🛒 Get some Music Notes for your garden

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If you are missing Northern fruit that don't tolerate hot climate, here is the answer - A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

If you are missing Northern fruit that dont tolerate hot climate, here is the answer -

Tropical Raspberry Mysore (Rubus albescens x niveus)

Tropical Raspberry Mysore (Rubus albescens x niveus)

Tropical Raspberry Mysore (Rubus albescens x niveus)

Tropical Raspberry Mysore (Rubus albescens x niveus)

Tropical Raspberry Mysore (Rubus albescens x niveus)

Tropical Raspberry Mysore (Rubus albescens x niveus)

Tropical Raspberry Mysore (Rubus albescens x niveus)

🍇 If you are missing Northern fruit that don't tolerate hot climate, here is the answer - Mysore Raspberry thrives in heat!

in Tropical Raspberry Mysore (Rubus albescens x niveus) is from India.
  • 🔹 Unlike common raspberries from up North that can not tolerate heat, Mysore Raspberry grows very well in hot humid climates.
  • 🔹 Grows very fast into a scrambling shrub with flexible stems.
  • 🔹 Blooms and fruits throughout the year.
  • 🔹 The fruit turns purple black when ripe, it is very juicy and sweet.
  • 🔹 One cluster may contain as many as couple dozen fruit.
  • 🔹 Great for large containers and will produce large amounts of fruit.
  • 🔹 Cold hardy to upper 20s F.


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Number one Sweet Raspberry for your dessert! For the previous post. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Number one Sweet Raspberry for your dessert! For the previous post

Tropical Raspberry Mysore (Rubus albescens x niveus)

🍇 Number one Sweet Raspberry for your dessert! For the previous post👆

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What are the health benefits of Gardening? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

What are the health benefits of Gardening?

What are the health benefits of Gardening?
What are the health benefits of Gardening?

Therapeutic effect of gardening is not just a modern discovery. Throughout history, various cultures have recognized the mental and physical benefits of gardening...

🏺 In ancient Egypt, physicians prescribed walks through gardens for patients struggling with mental health issues.

🕯 During the Middle Ages in Europe, monastery gardens were designed not only for sustenance but also for meditation and relaxation.

🔮 Gardening has been shown to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression while promoting relaxation and a sense of well-being.

😅 The physical activity involved in gardening also provides exercise, contributing to overall health.

🌳 So, whether you're tending to a small indoor herb garden or cultivating a vast outdoor plot, the act of gardening can be a powerful tool for both mental and physical wellness.

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What is it, Jasmine, Carnation, or Gardenia? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

What is it, Jasmine, Carnation, or Gardenia?

Tabernaemontana Flore Pleno - Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, Florida Gardenia

Tabernaemontana Flore Pleno - Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, Florida Gardenia

Tabernaemontana Flore Pleno - Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, Florida Gardenia

Tabernaemontana Flore Pleno - Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, Florida Gardenia

Tabernaemontana Flore Pleno - Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, Florida Gardenia

Tabernaemontana Flore Pleno - Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, Florida Gardenia

What is it, Jasmine, Carnation, or Gardenia?

💮 Tabernaemontana Flore Pleno is also called Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, or Florida Gardenia. Although it is not related to Jasmine, Carnation, or Gardenia! It is in fact in the same family with Plumeria and Desert Roses!

This lovely bush or small tree with waxy leaves and beautiful fragrant flowers is a must in every tropical garden. Because:
  • 💠 it is easy to grow and undemanding
  • 💠 it is very fast growing and bushy
  • 💠 it is free flowering throughout the year


🛒 Get one for your garden

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How to find a plant name? Try Plant ID from TopTropicals - we know them all! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How to find a plant name? Try Plant ID from TopTropicals - we know them all!

How to find a plant name? Try Plant ID from TopTropicals - we know them all!
How to find a plant name? Try Plant ID from TopTropicals - we know them all!

📷 Submit a picture of your mystery plant in comments to this post and we will put the name to it!

Lost in the jungle of unknown flora? Fear not! At TopTropicals, we're your guides through Nature's mysteries. Share a snapshot, and we'll unveil the identity of that mysterious plant in your garden.

  • 🔹 Captured a cool looking flower but don't know what it is?
  • 🔹 Own a rare plant but lost a tag?
  • 🔹 Simply want to be "know-it-all" and impress others with your plant knowledge?


We can help! At TopTropicals we know all the Tropicals.

In the photos above: Citoria ternatea, Strongylodon macrobotrys, Aetanthus nodosus, Cananga fruticosa, Butea monosperma.

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Can you grow a Crocodile? This is how to grow an Alligator. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Can you grow a Crocodile? This is how to grow an Alligator

Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern

Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern

Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern

Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern

Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern

Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern

Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern

Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern

🐊 Can you grow a Crocodile? This is how to grow an Alligator...

Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, or Crocodile Fern - is from Australasia.

👽 Very unusual looking, epiphytic fern with cool alligator-skin looking leaves. The strikingly shaped, light green fronds of the fern form a lovely backdrop to its stunning stiff, leathery, dark green alligator-skin foliage.

Grows to 2-3 ft in height. Grow it as a houseplant, or plant under a tree.

🌳 Perfect for shade! Likes a sheltered, semi-shaded location, with no direct sunlight.

🛒 Get your own Alligator

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Do you know why this plant is caged? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Do you know why this plant is caged?

Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata

Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta

Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta

Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata

Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata

Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata

Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata

🌐 Do you know why this plant is caged? Because it's so tasty!

🐇🐿 Yes indeed, we protect it from all kinds of visitors: deer, bunnies, squirrels, raccoons...

Because it's our favorite food and don't want to share! 🙄

Yuca Root, Cassava, Tapioca - variegated form Manihot esculenta cv. Variegata makes not only a great meal but a beautiful ornamental, as we mentioned earlier. Besides culinary value, it is simply a stunning little tree!

Plant several plants in your garden and you will never run out of healthy food. Try this vegetable and you will never want French fries!🍟

‼️ Don't be shy to harvest the roots - this plant is easy to regrow from cuttings, so you can have your crops year round.

📚 Learn more about Yuca Root

🍲 Cassava Fries Recipe

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