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Index of TopTropicals Telegram Channel

Index of TopTropicals Telegram Channel
🔴 🗂 Index of TopTropicals Telegram Channel

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🦋 #Butterfly_Plants - Butterfly attracting plants.

#Container_Garden - Plants suitable for container garden and indoor culture.

🧯 #Fertilizers - All the truth about fertilizers, plant food supplements, and our recommendations for different types of plants.

🥭 #Food_Forest - Fruit trees, Spice plants, and Edibles.

📖 #Fun_Facts - interesting plant facts and legends.

🌳 #Hedges_with_benefits - Practical approach to your landscape and how to properly select showy and useful plants for your yard.

♍️ #Horoscope - Plant Horoscopes and Cat Horoscopes. Did you know that cats also have their Zodiac signs?

🛠 #How_to - Q&A about growing plants, tropical garden lifehacks.

👀 #Nature_Wonders - Unusual, amusing, outrageous, bizarre plants...

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#PeopleCats - our Favorite PeopleCats (and some PeopleDogs, too).

🌸 #Perfume_Plants - Fragrant plants and perfume trees.

✍️ #Quotes - Interesting quotes.

🥗 #Recipes - Exotic recipes for tropical fruit and edibles.

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#Remedies - Medicinal plants.

☁️ #Shade_Garden - Plants suitable for low light conditions.

🌼 #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.


🎥 Watch YouTube Video about Parrot's Beak

🛒 Order Parrot's Beak

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What plant has fragrant leaves and flowers? Soft and fuzzy Tropical Lilac!

What plant has fragrant leaves and flowers? Soft and fuzzy Tropical Lilac! What plant has fragrant leaves and flowers? Soft and fuzzy Tropical Lilac!
What plant has fragrant leaves and flowers? Soft and fuzzy Tropical Lilac!

  • 🟣 Cornutia grandifolia, also known as African lilac, Jamaican lilac, or Tropical Lilac, is a fast-growing, large shrub with astonishing fragrant velvet leaves.

  • 🟣 Tall stalks shoot out multiple lavender blue flowers, creating an outstanding display.

  • 🟣 Attracting butterflies and hummingbirds, it adds life to any garden with its lively inflorescence 🦋

  • 🟣 Leaves can grow very large, up to 10" wide. They are fuzzy, very soft to touch, and aromatic, emitting pleasant tobacco-like scent when rubbed.

  • 🟣 Relatively cold hardy, Tropical Lilac thrives in full sun or semi-shade positions, bringing joy with its pleasant aroma and beautiful blooms.


🛒 Get aromatic Tropical Lilac

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Flamingo pink with fruity fragrance!

🦩 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.


🛒 Get your own Quisqualis vine

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How to get rid of a bad luck with the Garlic Vine?

👾 How to get rid of a bad luck with the Garlic Vine?

  • 🟣 Garlic vine (Mansoa alliacea) is one of the most wanted flowering tropical vines.

  • 🟣 When in full bloom, it looks like a cascade of blue-purple over a fence or trellis.

  • 🟣 The fun part is, crushed leaves smell like garlic, which will keep away the vampires and bad luck! 🧛

  • 🟣 Deep lavender flowers with white throat fading to a paler lavender within a few days, and you can see all three colors on the plant at the same time.

  • 🟣 Garlic vine has moderate growth rate and can stay compact in a pot as a specimen, and even can be grown as a house plant.


📚 Garlic vine: how to get rid of bad luck

🎥 Video: Garlic vine keeps away the vampires.

🛒 Get rid of bad luck by getting the Garlic Vine

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What is a good plant for a fragrant elegant hedge? Discover the Angel Hair Jasmine

 What is a good plant for a fragrant elegant hedge? Discover the Angel Hair Jasmine  What is a good plant for a fragrant elegant hedge? Discover the Angel Hair Jasmine  What is a good plant for a fragrant elegant hedge? Discover the Angel Hair Jasmine  What is a good plant for a fragrant elegant hedge? Discover the Angel Hair Jasmine
💫 What is a good plant for a fragrant elegant hedge? Discover the Angel Hair Jasmine.

  • 💮 Jasminum pubescens (multiflorum), also known as Angel Hair Jasmine, is a beloved choice for landscapes, prized for its multitude of exceptional qualities.

  • 💮 Bushy, dense vining shrub with star-like white flowers emitting a delightful fragrance.

  • 💮 Soft, velvet-like leaves add to its charm.

  • 💮 Rapid growth makes it ideal for creating lush hedges or adding vertical interest to garden spaces.

  • 💮 Perfect for hedges, fences, or trellises, adding a touch of beauty and fragrance to any outdoor setting.


🛒 Make a fragrant hedge with Angel Hair Jasmine

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Why Dutchmans Pipe is the best butterfly attracting vine? Smell it!

 Why Dutchmans Pipe is the best butterfly attracting vine? Smell it!  Why Dutchmans Pipe is the best butterfly attracting vine? Smell it!
🦋 Why Dutchman's Pipe is the best butterfly attracting vine? Smell it!

Without any doubt, Aristolochia, or Dutchman's Pipe, is one of the best butterfly plants.

  • 🍃 Aristolochia trilobata - Birthwort Dutchman's Pipe is celebrated for its unique and intricate flowers that resemble Dutch smoking pipes, hence its name.

  • 🍃Dutchman's Pipe flowers emit a scent mimicking decaying matter, which certain butterfly species, like the Pipevine Swallowtail, find irresistible 💩🙄

  • 🍃The butterflies lay their eggs on the plant, as it serves as a suitable host for their larvae, contributing to the plant's ecological significance by promoting pollination and biodiversity.

  • 🍃 As a result, it not only beautifies gardens but also supports local butterfly populations, enriching the ecosystem.

  • 🍃 Beyond its distinctive appearance, it's valued for its historical use in traditional medicine, particularly for its alleged healing properties.


🛒 🦋 Bring butterflies to your garden!

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Its not a wine, its a vine! But everyone wants it! Spectacular show of Cabernet flowers

🍷 It's not a wine, it's a vine! But everyone wants it! Spectacular show of Cabernet flowers.

♥️ Allamanda x violacea Cabernet - Wine Red Allamanda - is a new hybrid between A. cathartica and A. violacea. We can't propagate enough of it, everyone wants it once the see it in fool bloom. Which is almost year around!

🔴 Spectacular flowering vine, great as a gift, as well as specimen container plant.

🛒 Add some Cabernet to your garden

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Watch out - Ball of Fire!

 Watch out - Ball of Fire!  Watch out - Ball of Fire!  Watch out - Ball of Fire!
🔥 Watch out - Ball of Fire!

Combretum constrictum - Ball of Fire - is very showy beautiful vining shrub with powderpuff red flowers.

  • 🔴 Easy to grow and undemanding, it only requires regular water to establish, then can be drought tolerant.

  • 🔴 Blooms almost year round in warm climates.

  • 🔴 Responds well to pruning.

  • 🔴 Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds


🛒 Order your Ball of Fire Plant

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What is the most spectacular flowering shrub?

 What is the most spectacular flowering shrub?  What is the most spectacular flowering shrub?  What is the most spectacular flowering shrub?
♥️ 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.


🛒 Get your own Dwarf Poinciana

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