Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Caudiciform Morning Glory - Ipomoea platensis

Persimmon (Diospyros sp.)

🍯 Who wants a cold hardy, dramatic looking tropical fruit tree with a sweet fruit? Or, who doesn't?

🍑 Persimmon (Diospyros sp.) is a graceful, small, subtropical fruit tree from China, with multitrunked or single-stemmed structure and drooping leaves and branches, turning dramatic shades in autumn.
🍑 People love Persimmon fruit for its sweet and unique flavor, often described as a blend of honey and apricot.
🍑 The tree thrives in deep, well-drained loam soil, tolerating alkaline conditions.
🍑 The fruit classified into astringent (soft, sweeter pulp) and non-astringent (crunchy) cultivars.
🍑 Best Varieties for Container Culture:

Non-Astringent:

Astringent:

Gmelina philippensis, Parrot's Beak

Cas Guava (Psidium friedrichsthalianum)

Cornutia grandifolia, African lilac, Jamaican lilac, Tropical Lilac

Psidium littorale, Cattley Guava

Quisqualis Indica - Rangoon Creeper

Flamingo pink with fruity fragrance!

💕 Quisqualis Indica - Rangoon Creeper - is an extremely beautiful plant.
💕 Shrubby vine with pale-pink to deep crimson star shaped flowers, covering the entire plant when in full bloom.
💕 It's scent is unforgettable, fruity and intoxicating...
💕 The flowers are born in clusters and each flower has many variations of color, depending on how old the flower is.
💕 The flower starts out white and or pink striped and turn solid pink and finally dark pink on maturity.
💕 Can grow into large woody vine covering a fence or big trellis.