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Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!

 Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!
🍹 Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!

Colocasia sculenta Mojito, a spectacular variety of Elephant Ears, is a must for a rare plant collection:

  • 🐘 Striking variegation: bold, mottled leaves in shades of green and dark purple, reminiscent of a refreshing mojito!

  • 🐘 Large, impressive leaves: massive, heart-shaped leaves that create a dramatic and tropical look.

  • 🐘Versatile: thrives in both sun and partial shade, making it adaptable to various garden locations.

  • 🐘 Water-loving: ideal for bog gardens, ponds, or as a stunning addition to water features.

  • 🐘 Container friendly: perfect for pots and containers, allowing you to bring its tropical charm to patios and balconies.

  • 🐘 Fast growing: quickly establishes, providing lush foliage and rapid visual impact.

  • 🐘 Low maintenance: minimal care once planted, making it a great choice for both beginner and experienced gardeners.

  • 🐘 Heat and cold tolerant: performs well in warm climates. During cool winters, leaves may die back and regrow in Spring.

  • 🐘 Edible tubers: produces edible corms (roots) that are a staple in many cuisines, adding a functional aspect to its beauty.

  • 🐘 Unique garden accent: an eye-catching focal point or accent plant.


🛒 Get some Mojito for your garden

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Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!

 Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!  Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!  Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!  Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!
🍹 Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!

Colocasia sculenta Mojito, a spectacular variety of Elephant Ears, is a must for a rare plant collection:

  • 🐘 Striking variegation: bold, mottled leaves in shades of green and dark purple, reminiscent of a refreshing mojito!

  • 🐘 Large, impressive leaves: massive, heart-shaped leaves that create a dramatic and tropical look.

  • 🐘Versatile: thrives in both sun and partial shade, making it adaptable to various garden locations.

  • 🐘 Water-loving: ideal for bog gardens, ponds, or as a stunning addition to water features.

  • 🐘 Container friendly: perfect for pots and containers, allowing you to bring its tropical charm to patios and balconies.

  • 🐘 Fast growing: quickly establishes, providing lush foliage and rapid visual impact.

  • 🐘 Low maintenance: minimal care once planted, making it a great choice for both beginner and experienced gardeners.

  • 🐘 Heat and cold tolerant: performs well in warm climates. During cool winters, leaves may die back and regrow in Spring.

  • 🐘 Edible tubers: produces edible corms (roots) that are a staple in many cuisines, adding a functional aspect to its beauty.

  • 🐘 Unique garden accent: an eye-catching focal point or accent plant.


🛒 Get some Mojito for your garden

#Nature_Wonders #Food_Forest #Container_Garden #Shade_Garden

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Why everybody wants this plant? Intoxicating sweet fragrance is the answer!

Why everybody wants this plant? Intoxicating sweet fragrance is the answer! Why everybody wants this plant? Intoxicating sweet fragrance is the answer! Why everybody wants this plant? Intoxicating sweet fragrance is the answer! Why everybody wants this plant? Intoxicating sweet fragrance is the answer!
🍬 Why everybody wants this plant? Intoxicating sweet fragrance is the answer! Do you have one?

Cestrum nocturnum - Night blooming jasmine.

⭐️ This fast growing, dense shrub is a garden favorite, one of the most famous and desirable fragrant plants.

🌃 The sweetest fragrance at night is intoxicating.

🌄 Flowers are pale yellow to white, open at night and stay extremely fragrant until sunrise.

🙏 These flowers are widely used in India and other countries of South Asia for perfumery, medicinal applications and in religious ceremonies.

🏡 Best location will be near driveway, window or entrance, where the magic fragrance can be appreciated.

🛒 Order online

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How to attract more butterflies to your garden?

How to attract more butterflies to your garden? How to attract more butterflies to your garden? How to attract more butterflies to your garden? How to attract more butterflies to your garden? How to attract more butterflies to your garden?
🦋 How to attract more butterflies to your garden?

Attracting butterflies to your garden can be a fun and rewarding experience. Here are some tips to help you create a butterfly-friendly environment.

  • 💐 Choose the right plants: butterflies are attracted to nectar-producing flowers such as odontonemas.

  • 💐 Plant lots of bright flowers, especially of yellow and pink colors like some cassias which seem to be the pleasant to butterfly's eye.

  • 💐 Use a variety of flowers to attract different species of butterflies. Check the list of butterfly-attracting tropical plants.

  • 💐 Provide food for caterpillars: butterflies lay their eggs on specific host plants that caterpillars will eat. For example, monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed. Passion flower (Passiflora) and Aristolochia that we introduced earlier, are also great butterfly hosts, but be prepared to sacrifice some leaves!

  • 💐 Provide a water source: butterflies need a source of water to drink from. A shallow dish or birdbath with rocks in it will provide a place for butterflies to rest and drink.

  • 💐 Avoid using pesticides: they can harm butterflies and other beneficial insects. Try using natural methods to control pests in your garden.

  • 💐 Create a sunny spot: butterflies love warm, sunny spots. Plant your butterfly garden in an area that receives at least six hours of direct sunlight each day.

  • 💐 Add a butterfly house to provide shelter for butterflies during bad weather and at night.


📸 Milkweed, Odontonema, Giant Milkweed

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What is a perfect shade tree with flower benefits? Discover the sunny Kassod Tree

What is a perfect shade tree with flower benefits? Discover the sunny Kassod Tree
🌻 What is a perfect shade tree with flower benefits? Discover the sunny Kassod Tree...

  • 🟡 Cassia siamea - Kassod Tree (Siamese Senna) is a remarkable subtropical tree known for several special features:

  • 🟡 Fast Growing, making it an excellent choice for quick shade and ornamental use.

  • 🟡 Bright yellow flowers that bloom in clusters, adding a vibrant splash of color.

  • 🟡 Evergreen foliage: lush green leaves year-round, providing continuous beauty and shade.

  • 🟡 Hardy: highly resilient and can thrive in a variety of soil types and conditions, including poor soils and dry climates. Tolerates both light frost and summer heat.

  • 🟡 Low maintenance, easy care, not messy, making it an ideal choice for both novice and experienced gardeners.

  • 🟡 Nitrogen fixation: Improves soil fertility by fixing nitrogen, benefiting surrounding plants and enhancing garden productivity.

  • 🟡 Medicinal use: herbal medicine (laxative properties and to treat various ailments).

  • 🟡 Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, supporting local biodiversity and ecosystem health 🐞🦋🐝

  • 🟡 Shade provider: Ideal for creating shaded areas in gardens and landscapes, contributing to a cooler environment during hot weather.


🛒 Add shade and color to your garden with Kassod Tree

#Butterfly_Plants #Trees

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What is a perfect shade tree with flower benefits? Discover the sunny Kassod Tree

What is a perfect shade tree with flower benefits? Discover the sunny Kassod Tree What is a perfect shade tree with flower benefits? Discover the sunny Kassod Tree What is a perfect shade tree with flower benefits? Discover the sunny Kassod Tree
🌻 What is a perfect shade tree with flower benefits? Discover the sunny Kassod Tree...

  • 🟡 Cassia siamea - Kassod Tree (Siamese Senna) is a remarkable subtropical tree known for several special features:

  • 🟡 Fast Growing, making it an excellent choice for quick shade and ornamental use.

  • 🟡 Bright yellow flowers that bloom in clusters, adding a vibrant splash of color.

  • 🟡 Evergreen foliage: lush green leaves year-round, providing continuous beauty and shade.

  • 🟡 Hardy: highly resilient and can thrive in a variety of soil types and conditions, including poor soils and dry climates. Tolerates both light frost and summer heat.

  • 🟡 Low maintenance, easy care, not messy, making it an ideal choice for both novice and experienced gardeners.

  • 🟡 Nitrogen fixation: Improves soil fertility by fixing nitrogen, benefiting surrounding plants and enhancing garden productivity.

  • 🟡 Medicinal use: herbal medicine (laxative properties and to treat various ailments).

  • 🟡 Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, supporting local biodiversity and ecosystem health 🐞🦋🐝

  • 🟡 Shade provider: Ideal for creating shaded areas in gardens and landscapes, contributing to a cooler environment during hot weather.


🛒 Add shade and color to your garden with Kassod Tree

#Butterfly_Plants #Trees

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Macaron the Cat

Macaron the Cat
🐱 Macaron (don't confuse with French President Macron!) doesn't watch TV news - it's his secret of relaxation and happiness.

Good night🌜

📸 😺 👇 Share your cats in comments!

🐾 More #PeopleCats in our Garden:
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The Winner of the Tropical Flowering Plant contest will get the Joy Perfume Tree - Champaka

 The Winner of the Tropical Flowering Plant contest will get the Joy Perfume Tree - Champaka  The Winner of the Tropical Flowering Plant contest will get the Joy Perfume Tree - Champaka
🏆 The Winner of the Tropical Flowering Plant contest will get the Joy Perfume Tree - Champaka!

22 participants posted their plant photos. We counted the votes. The biggest number of likes:

🪷 The Lotus Flower by Harita Nair
This plant received 20 likes! ❤️

Congratulations! Your Joy Perfume Tree will be on the way as soon as we confirm your shipping info.

💰$69.95 Value + FREE shipping 🚚
yes, delivered to your door absolutely FREE!


Thank you all participants!

🎁 Stay with us, and discover our new contest and exciting prize - it is coming soon!

#Win

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Try cleaning bottles with this brush!

Try cleaning bottles with this brush!
♨️ Try cleaning bottles with this brush! 🧹

  • 🍾 Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.) is renowned for its spectacular, fire-red brush-like flowers and landscape appeal.

  • 🍾 Originated from Australia, this exotic tree can add a touch of exotic charm to any landscape.

  • 🍾 Cold hardy to zone 8, tolerates both cold and heat.

  • 🍾 Its striking, vibrant flowers resemble bottle brushes.

  • 🍾 Attracts pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds with its nectar-rich blooms.

  • 🍾 Adds a burst of color and texture to gardens and landscapes.
  • 🍾 Ideal for creating focal points, hedges, or as standalone specimens.

  • 🍾 Thrives in warm climates and is drought-tolerant once established, making it a low-maintenance choice for Southern landscapes.

  • 🍾 Offers many varieties, including the dwarf 'Little John,' perfect for containers, reaching only 4ft tall.


🛒 Shop Bottlebrush trees

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Try cleaning bottles with this brush!

Try cleaning bottles with this brush! Try cleaning bottles with this brush! Try cleaning bottles with this brush! Try cleaning bottles with this brush! Try cleaning bottles with this brush! Try cleaning bottles with this brush!
♨️ Try cleaning bottles with this brush! 🧹

  • 🍾 Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.) is renowned for its spectacular, fire-red brush-like flowers and landscape appeal.

  • 🍾 Originated from Australia, this exotic tree can add a touch of exotic charm to any landscape.

  • 🍾 Cold hardy to zone 8, tolerates both cold and heat.

  • 🍾 Its striking, vibrant flowers resemble bottle brushes.

  • 🍾 Attracts pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds with its nectar-rich blooms.

  • 🍾 Adds a burst of color and texture to gardens and landscapes.
  • 🍾 Ideal for creating focal points, hedges, or as standalone specimens.

  • 🍾 Thrives in warm climates and is drought-tolerant once established, making it a low-maintenance choice for Southern landscapes.

  • 🍾 Offers many varieties, including the dwarf 'Little John,' perfect for containers, reaching only 4ft tall.


🛒 Shop Bottlebrush trees

#Butterfly_Plants #Hedges_with_benefits #Trees

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