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What is the most lovable flowering shrub?

Clerodendrum paniculatum - Pagoda Flower

❤️ What is the most lovable flowering shrub?

Clerodendrums are one of the most favorite and rewarding flowering shrubs and vines for Southern landscape or indoor culture.
  • ❤️ Free flowering, bloom year around
  • ❤️ Undemanding and fast growing
  • ❤️ Take sun or shade
  • ❤️ Many species are fragrant
  • ❤️ Attract butterflies and birds
  • ❤️ Perfect for container culture, compact and manageable plants
  • ❤️ Cold tolerant, quickly recover from cold damage, respond well to pruning.


📚 Clerodendrums mentioned earlier: Seaside Clerodendrum, Red Bleeding Heart, Bleeding Heart Vine, Musical Note, Glory Bower.

🎥 Clerodendrum paniculatum - Pagoda Flower

🛒 Shop Clerodendrums

#Butterfly_Plants #Hedges_with_benefits

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How to make plants green?

How to make plants green? How to make plants green? How to make plants green?
❓ How to make plants green? Give them some Superfood!

🍀 Pale or yellow leaves? Green veins on yellow leaves? How to improve that look? Any special fertilizer?

  • ✅ Leaf chlorosis or in other words "iron deficiency", especially during wet rainy weather - may be not harmful to the plant but bad for the looks.

  • ✅ This deficiency can be corrected with microelement applications - Sunshine Superfood.

  • ✅ Use Sunshine Superfood once a week to correct the iron deficiency that usually goes away within a month.

  • ✅ Then maintain plants health with monthly applications.

  • ✅ It is beneficial to use microelements in combination with regular applications of health boosting fertilizer such as Sunshine Robusta.


🛒 Shop Sunshine Superfood

#Fertilizers #How_to

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Flamingo pink with a fruity fragrance, yet another variety

Quisqualis Indica - Rangoon Creeper

🦩 Flamingo pink with a fruity fragrance, yet another variety...
  • 💕 This is a single-flower variety of Quisqualis we mentioned earlier.
  • 💕 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

#Butterfly_Plants #Perfume_Plants #Hedges_with_benefits

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When you grew up, but your favorite bed didnt

🐈🐈🐈 "When you grew up, but your favorite bed didn't..."

Good night🌜

📸 😺 👇 Share your cats in comments!

🐾 More #PeopleCats in our Garden:
PeopleCats.Garden 

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What is the best shade tree that is fast growing and beautiful?

Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree flower

Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree flower

Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree

Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree

🌳 What is the best shade tree that is fast growing and beautiful?
  • 🌸 Orchid trees that we mentioned earlier are one of the most popular shade trees in Southern gardens.
  • 🌸 Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree - is the most beautiful of all orchid trees.
  • 🌸 It has the largest flowers, brightly colored.
  • 🌸 Winter bloomer.
  • 🌸 Starts flowering in very small size, when only 2-3 ft tall.
  • 🌸 Very fast growing.


📚 Learn more: Bauhinias - trees with Orchid Flowers and Butterfly Wings
🎥 YouTube Video: Hong Kong Orchid Tree

🛒 Plant a Tree

#Quotes #Trees

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When is the best time to plant a tree?

When is the best time to plant a tree?
🌳 When is the best time to plant a tree? 🌳

  • 🌴 "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." - Greek proverb

  • 🌴 "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. And the second best time is now." - Chinese Proverb.

  • 🌴 "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett

  • 🌴 "Regardless of which wisdom you follow, plant a tree today to make the difference. You have a chance to see the shade very soon." - TopTropicals.


🛒 Plant a Tree

#Quotes #Trees

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Shade Tree Discount Program
How to reduce an electric bill and energy costs?

Cassia fistula

Photo above: Cassia fistula - Golden Shower Tree - one of the most popular trees. This all time favorite is fast growing and elegant.

Q: How to reduce an electric bill and energy costs?

A: This summer is expected to be hot. And the next summer... and next... Want to reduce your electric bill and energy costs? There is an excellent solution: plant a shade tree! Once fully grown, these trees will help keep your house cooler and lower your energy expenses.

Today we are offering a special discount you can use for purchasing trees that will keep your homes cooler in Summer and gardens warmer in Winter!
Check out Fast Growing Shade Trees, as well as other flowering trees and fruit trees and use discount below:

GETSHADE

Your savings with this code:
5% off orders $100+
15% off orders $150+
20% off orders $200+

Excluding S/H. Excluding 15 gal material. Exp. 6-12-24

Shop Flowering Trees

Tabebuia tree

Photo above: Tabebuia - spectacular winter bloomer.

Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree

Photo above: Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree. The most beautiful of all orchid trees.

Shop Fruit Trees

Mango trees with fruit

Photo above: Mango trees now. Many varieties are vigorous, large trees.

Cattley guava tree

Photo above: Cattley Guava Tree is an elegant solution for small spaces. Red Button French Kiss Ginger goes well with it!

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When is the best time to plant a tree?

Cat in a tree

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." - Greek proverb

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. And the second best time is now." - Chinese Proverb.

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett

"Regardless of which wisdom you follow, plant a tree today to make the difference. You have a chance to see the shade very soon." - Top Tropicals.

Ceiba tree

Photo above: Chorisia speciosa - Pink Silk Floss Tree, spectacular winter bloomer, large size tree.

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Where does the tea come from?

Camellia sinensis - Tea Leaf

Camellia sinensis - Tea Leaf

☕️ Where does the tea come from? Tea Leaf Plant!
  • 🍃 Camellia sinensis - Tea Leaf. Yes, tea comes from a camellia!
  • 🍃 Tea Leaf is a small evergreen tree, usually pruned back to shrubs in cultivation.
  • 🍃 In the fall and winter, the plant will produce small white flowers with a lovely fragrance.
  • 🍃 Tea is the second most commonly drank liquid on earth after water. It has numerous medicinal benefits mainly due to its antibacterial and antioxidant properties.
  • 🍃 To grow Tea Leaf Plant, make sure to pick an area of your landscape where it does not flood or remain wet during our rainy season. Camellia sinensis do not like wet feet at all. They prefer well-drained, sandy and slightly acidic soil.


📚 Learn more: Tea Leaf Plant and Tea Harvesting Recipes

🛒 Shop Tea Leaf Plant

#Food_Forest #Recipes

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Would you like to spice Up Your Garden with Variegated Ginger?

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger flower

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger flower

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger

🫚 Would you like to spice Up Your Garden with Variegated Ginger?
  • 🌿 Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata is a clumping ginger valued for its beautiful variegated foliage. With its colorful foliage and beautiful flowers, variegated ginger is a stunning ornamental.
  • 🌿 Striking Foliage: Glossy green leaves with white striping add a pop of color and interest to your garden.
  • 🌿 Unique Flowers: Unlike other gingers, its beautiful, fragrant, shell-like flowers droop from leafy stems, adding summer charm.
  • 🌿 Perfect Size: This small shrub grows 2-4 feet tall and can be pruned for size control.
  • 🌿 Moisture Lover: Keep the soil moist for happy, thriving plants.
  • 🌿 Ideal Conditions: Thrives in shaded garden corners with organically rich, well-drained soil. Mulch for best results.
  • 🌿 Low Maintenance: No serious insect or disease problems, making it an easy addition to your garden.
  • 🌿 Indoor Option: Can be grown as a houseplant with bright light and humid conditions, reaching 3-4 feet indoors.
  • 🌿 Edibe: Like every ginger, this ornamental beauty also has edible rhizomes.


🛒 Shop Vriegated Ginger

#Shade_Garden #Container_Garden #Food_Forest

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