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Who thinks this is an Eggplant? Do you? What is it?
🍆 Who thinks this is an Eggplant? Do you? What is it?
Correct answer:Avocado Red Russel.
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What is this spiny Hedgehog fruit and how does it taste?
Annona montana - Mountain Soursop, Hedgehog Annona
Annona montana - Mountain Soursop, Hedgehog Annona
Annona montana - Mountain Soursop, Hedgehog Annona
What is this spiny Hedgehog fruit and how does it taste?
👀 This is one of the coolest looking tropical fruit!
Annona montana - Mountain Soursop or Hedgehog Annona. It is also called Wild Custard Apple, Guanabana de Monte, or Wild Soursop.
👨�👧 We guarantee that everyone who sees this fruit in your garden will ask for seeds even before they taste the fruit! And you will have lots of seeds to share because Mountain Soursop is very reliable producer with many seeds in each fruit.
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👀 This is one of the coolest looking tropical fruit!
Annona montana - Mountain Soursop or Hedgehog Annona. It is also called Wild Custard Apple, Guanabana de Monte, or Wild Soursop.
- 📍 This fruit is prized for its deliciously sweet and tangy fruit, reminiscent of a blend between pineapple and strawberry. It tastes similar to regular Soursop (or Guanabana), with slightly milder flavor. The pulp is highly scented.
- 📍 The fruit, up to a pound, has the most unusual looks! Just look at these curious Hedgehog spines!
- 📍 The tree is medium sized, with beautiful, large, leathery dark green leaves that emit a strong aroma when crushed.
- 📍 Mountain Soursop is much more cold hardy than the Soursop, established trees can take some frost, down to 24F when full grown.
- 📍 Trees produce within just 2-3 years from seed, like many Annonas, and can happily grow and produce in a large container.
👨�👧 We guarantee that everyone who sees this fruit in your garden will ask for seeds even before they taste the fruit! And you will have lots of seeds to share because Mountain Soursop is very reliable producer with many seeds in each fruit.
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Why exotic Mamey fruit is so much wanted?
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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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!
Hibiscus schizopetalus - Skeleton Hibiscus, Coral Hibiscus
🌺 Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind! 👀
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- ♦️ 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.
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What is this Lavender Marble Perfume? Is it a possible combination?
Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night
Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night
Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night
Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night
🟣 What is this Lavender Marble Perfume? Is it a possible combination?
The flowers of this rare hybrid - Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night, are a "marble" twist of cream and purple, changing hue unpredictably. They are deliciously fragrant at night.
❓ Why such an unusual combination?
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The flowers of this rare hybrid - Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night, are a "marble" twist of cream and purple, changing hue unpredictably. They are deliciously fragrant at night.
❓ Why such an unusual combination?
- 🌟 Nocturnum flowers (fragrant at night) are mostly white or off-white. This rare Brunfelsia is a cross between B. americana and B. grandiflora.
- 🌟Brunfelsia isola has the benefit of fragrant cream-colored brunfelsia and light purple color from the other parent. 👫
- 🌟 Flowers change sometimes to cream-yellow, remaining purple margins.
👑 A must have 1 for rare fragrant plant collection!
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Its not a cherry blossom! What is this pink-flowered beauty? Its one of the most beautiful Florida trees
Tabebuia impetiginosa - Dwarf Pink Tabebuia
🌸 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!
❄️ Tabebuia is a cold hardy tropical, at least to upper 20's. Grows well in Central Florida.
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- ♦️ 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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How to grow the biggest fruit on Earth
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
🍐 How to grow the biggest fruit on Earth.
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is one of the most fascinating tropical fruit, as we showed earlier.
🔻 Secrets of Jackfruit successful production:
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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.
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One of the top 10 most impressive trees on the planet
Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia
💃 One of the top 10 most impressive trees on the planet
✍️ "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
📷 Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia - one of the most popular tropical trees covered with bright red orchid-like flowers from late winter through early summer.
"The Royal Poinciana is one of the most spectacular flowering trees in the USA, and probably among the top 10 on this planet. In full bloom, it is like a regal elephant caparisoned in red and yellow brilliance."
(Larry M. Schokman, The Kampong, National Tropical Botanic Garden)
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✍️ "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
📷 Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia - one of the most popular tropical trees covered with bright red orchid-like flowers from late winter through early summer.
"The Royal Poinciana is one of the most spectacular flowering trees in the USA, and probably among the top 10 on this planet. In full bloom, it is like a regal elephant caparisoned in red and yellow brilliance."
(Larry M. Schokman, The Kampong, National Tropical Botanic Garden)
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What is Lions Ears: the plant that keeps growing through the flower!
Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus
Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus
Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus
Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus
What is Lion's Ears: the plant that keeps growing "through the flower"!
Leonotis leonurus is another Nature's Wonder. Flower petals purportedly resemble Lion's ears, and bunch of upper leaves from a distance resemble Lions tails. A curious thing, the plant continues growing through the flower! This creates a multi-level appearance.
Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Everblooming.
⚕️ Used in Eastern medicine
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Leonotis leonurus is another Nature's Wonder. Flower petals purportedly resemble Lion's ears, and bunch of upper leaves from a distance resemble Lions tails. A curious thing, the plant continues growing through the flower! This creates a multi-level appearance.
Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Everblooming.
⚕️ Used in Eastern medicine
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Why this Akee taste of deliciousness always follows me?
Akee fruit, Ackee
Why this Akee taste of deliciousness always follows me? Definitely the favorite fruit (it's actually a vegetable).
Can't wait for the next crop this year 😼
📖 Fun Fact: Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and is a key ingredient in the traditional Jamaican dish, ackee and saltfish. However, it must be properly ripened and cooked due to its toxic properties when unripe.
‼️ Check out our previous post about Akee.
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Can't wait for the next crop this year 😼
📖 Fun Fact: Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and is a key ingredient in the traditional Jamaican dish, ackee and saltfish. However, it must be properly ripened and cooked due to its toxic properties when unripe.
‼️ Check out our previous post about Akee.
📚 More about Akee
🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?
🛒 Grow your own Akee tree
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