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What is the easiest container plant with beautiful flowers?

What is the easiest container plant with beautiful flowers?
🎍What is the easiest container plant with beautiful flowers?

  • 🌸 Desert roses - Adeniums! With so many colors of hybrids available in cultivation, you want to collect them all!

  • 🌸 Double flowers, red, purple, yellow, striped, dotted, rainbow, and even black flowers!

  • 🌸 Unlike most tropical and house plants, Adeniums like a neutral to hard water. They have very low water needs, can grow in full sun or shade.

  • 🌸 A secret how to create a large swollen caudex: raise the plant a bit every time you re-pot it, so that the upper part of roots will be a little exposed. The plant will form more roots that will go down.


📚 Learn how to grow Adeniums:
What you need for successful growing Adeniums

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The Magic of 3 top tropical trees
from the legends of Caribbean

Yellow Poinciana, Jacaranda, and Royal Poinciana:
Three happy colors of the Tropics

paintings of 3 top tropical trees - Royal Poinciana, Yellow Poinciana, and 
Jacaranda

While traveling through the vibrant and diverse Caribbean, we acquired three exquisite local paintings. Two of these are masterfully rendered on jacaranda wood plates, and the third is beautifully crafted on a calabash. These stunning pieces of art celebrate the three most spectacular and revered flowering trees of the Tropics: Yellow Poinciana, Jacaranda, and Royal Poinciana.

These trees are not only visually stunning but also deeply embedded in Caribbean culture, legends, and folk remedies.

The Yellow Poinciana, with its bright golden blossoms, is often associated with joy and sunlight, symbolizing the warmth of the Caribbean spirit.
The Jacaranda, known for its striking lavender-blue flowers, is a symbol of wisdom and rebirth, often blooming in a breathtaking display that signals the change of seasons.
The Royal Poinciana, with its fiery red and orange flowers, is a symbol of passion and energy, often referred to as the "Flamboyant" tree due to its bold and dramatic appearance.

These trees hold a special place in the hearts of the Caribbean people. They are featured in numerous local stories and songs, and their flowers and leaves are used in traditional remedies and rituals. Owning these paintings feels like possessing a piece of the Caribbean's soul and its natural beauty.

Now, we are fortunate to have not only the paintings but also the actual trees. Watching them grow and bloom in our garden brings a piece of the Caribbean to our home, a constant reminder of our travels and the vibrant culture we experienced. These trees and their representations in art are a testament to the region's rich heritage and its enduring connection to nature.

Get them now while we have them. No need to go too far into Caribbean!

Peltophorum africanum - Golden Flamboyant, Yellow Poinciana

Peltophorum africanum - Golden Flamboyant, Yellow Poinciana. An excellent garden shade tree, beautiful in flower. This variety starts flowering at young age, in 3 gal pot.

Jacaranda mimosifolia (acutifolia)

Jacaranda mimosifolia - Hypnotizing bluish-purple, trumpet-like flowers create the magical image of the tree. Incredible, long-lasting purple blooms. When the trumpet-shaped blooms finally fall, they form a lilac carpet beneath the awe-inspiring Jacaranda for luxuriant curb appeal...

Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia

Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia - "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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Vote now: Tropical Plant contest ending soon

Enter a photo to win Joy Perfume tree
and vote to select the winner!

tropical flowering plants contest

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What was not on cats diet

🐈 What was not on cat's diet... but now it is.

🥑 Philemon loves Avocado, and Bob loves corn 🌽

Tastes differ. Good night.🌜

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Did you know that you can eat and drink Hibiscus plants?

Did you know that you can eat and drink Hibiscus plants? Did you know that you can eat and drink Hibiscus plants? Did you know that you can eat and drink Hibiscus plants? Did you know that you can eat and drink Hibiscus plants?
🌺 Did you know that you can eat and drink Hibiscus plants?

Who doesn't adore hibiscus flowers? But guess what? Some hibiscus species are not only gorgeous but also surprisingly practical. They can jazz up your garden and your dinner plate!

🥗 Hibiscus cannabinus - Salad Hibiscus - flowers and leaves used in tasty healthy salads and teas.

🧉 Hibiscus sabdariffa - Flor de Jamaica, Karkade Sorrel, Roselle - flowers and used for famous beverage "Agua de Flor de Jamaica" and Karkade Tea.

🫐 Hibiscus acetosella - Cranberry hibiscus - cranberry-colored flowers and leaves are also tasty and healthy in salads and teas.

Grow your edible flower landscape in no time!

📚 Learn more, with recipes: Most useful Hibiscus plants
🎥 YouTube video: Jamaican Hibiscus Tea: what's in it?

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This is not AI

‼️ This is not AI...
It's a real plant, called Wood Chip Flower -
Strophanthus bovinii - blooming now in our garden.

@TopTropicals you will discover exotic plants you've never seen before:
🏵 Breathtaking flowers and perfume plants
🥭 Rare fruit trees from around the world
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✅ All you need to know about rare tropical plants, how to grow and use them, where to get them - in one TopTropicals channel.
We have them all.

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Why did she say its a dog poo? Its a beauty from Argentina!

Why did she say its a dog poo? Its a beauty from Argentina! Why did she say its a dog poo? Its a beauty from Argentina! Why did she say its a dog poo? Its a beauty from Argentina! Why did she say its a dog poo? Its a beauty from Argentina! Why did she say its a dog poo? Its a beauty from Argentina! Why did she say its a dog poo? Its a beauty from Argentina! Why did she say its a dog poo? Its a beauty from Argentina! Why did she say its a dog poo? Its a beauty from Argentina!
💩 💃 Why did she say it's a dog poo? It's a beauty from Argentina!

  • 🌸 This remarkable caudiciform Morning Glory - Ipomoea platensis - is native to arid regions of Argentina.

  • 🌸 This is a showy flowering vine growing from a large caudex! The caudex can be of some weird shapes and forms. Some old lady once said "it's a dog poo plant!"

  • 🌸 Similar to Desert roses (Adeniums), it grows caudex for water storage to survive extended drought periods.

  • 🌸 Caudex grows over 2 ft! Vines reach over 12 ft, covered with beautiful bell-shaped pink flowers.

  • 🌸 Can be kept as a bonsai in a pot, easy to control as a container specimen with trellis or pruning.

  • 🌸 Although it doesn't mind dry conditions, the plant benefits from regular watering and good drainage, then it grows fast.

  • 🌸 This is one of our favorite plants, easy to grow, makes a great conversation piece. It is a perfect for bonsai


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How to get rid of weeds quickly? Just hire this crew!

🌱 How to get rid of weeds quickly? Just hire this crew! 😺

🌱 Why food and water is not enough for cats? They need their greenies!


Think of all the needs of your #PeopleCats and don't forget to get them some green grass tomorrow. They need their vitamins and fiber for digestion, too!

Good night.🌜

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Who wants a cold hardy, dramatic looking tropical fruit tree with a sweet fruit? Or, who doesnt?

 Who wants a cold hardy, dramatic looking tropical fruit tree with a sweet fruit? Or, who doesnt?  Who wants a cold hardy, dramatic looking tropical fruit tree with a sweet fruit? Or, who doesnt?  Who wants a cold hardy, dramatic looking tropical fruit tree with a sweet fruit? Or, who doesnt?  Who wants a cold hardy, dramatic looking tropical fruit tree with a sweet fruit? Or, who doesnt?  Who wants a cold hardy, dramatic looking tropical fruit tree with a sweet fruit? Or, who doesnt?  Who wants a cold hardy, dramatic looking tropical fruit tree with a sweet fruit? Or, who doesnt?
🍯 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: Fuyu, Giant Fuyu, Matsumoto-Wase, Jiro, Maekawa, Izu.
    Astringent: Chocolate, Guang Yang, Hachiya, Meader, Saijo, Tanenashi, Winterset.
  • 🍑 Hardy to USDA zones 7-10, may need protection in colder regions.


📚 How to grow Persimmon tree


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Why is it called Parrot Beak Flower?

Why is it called Parrot Beak Flower? Why is it called Parrot Beak Flower? Why is it called Parrot Beak Flower? Why is it called Parrot Beak Flower?
🦜 Why is it called Parrot Beak Flower?

  • 🔸 Gmelina philippensis, also known as Parrot's Beak, is a unique round shrub with whimsical pendant branches and leaves.

  • 🔸 Leaves and flowers unmistakably resemble a parrot's beak, adding endless whimsy to the garden.

  • 🔸 Vibrant yellow blossoms hang upside-down, creating a perpetual garden carnival all year long.

  • 🔸 It is a butterfly magnet! 🦋

  • 🔸 The leaves, in their comical way, mimic a parrot doing a joyful handstand. Vibrant and green, they bring smiles effortlessly.

  • 🔸 Low-maintenance, sun-loving plant, it grows fast, making it suitable for garden centerpieces or live hedges.

  • 🔸 Water-wise and tolerant of dry spells, it adds a touch of the tropics to any garden while requiring minimal care.


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